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Monitoring

Tombolo allows you to monitor four types of assets: Files, Clusters, Jobs, and Cost. For each, you can set up notification conditions and choose notification recipients. Click on a card below to learn more about each monitoring option and how to configure it.

📄️ Landing Zone Monitoring

Landing Zone Monitoring in Tombolo continuously watches specified directories on your HPCC cluster's landing zones for file activity. The monitoring system operates from outside the HPCC cluster—directly from Tombolo—and reaches out to specified directories at regular intervals (default: every 30 minutes, configurable). It uses HPCC File Spray services to access landing zone directories and analyze file activity based on your configured parameters. When anomalies are detected, the system automatically sends notifications to designated recipients, providing proactive issue detection before problems impact downstream processes.

📄️ Cost Monitoring

Cost Monitoring is a powerful feature in Tombolo that continuously tracks compute resource costs across your HPCC clusters to ensure budget compliance and optimize resource utilization. The monitoring system operates from outside the HPCC cluster—directly from Tombolo—and analyzes daily cost data by connecting to cluster workunit information and calculating comprehensive cost breakdowns. It automatically aggregates costs across three key areas: compilation activities, file access operations, and execution processes, providing a complete picture of resource consumption per user and cluster. When configured cost thresholds are exceeded, the system automatically sends detailed notifications to designated recipients, providing proactive budget management and early warning of potential cost overruns before they impact organizational budgets.