My intention when I mentioned "performance and availability," I was referring to:
Performance: Response time, throughput, timeliness...
Availability: Percentage by which the system is working, without fault.
I think my original question was insufficient.
Well, I went searching on some tools that monitor these issues. Most, if not all, are proprietary. Anyway, it is a good topic for discussion ...
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