Similarities Between Alarms and Events

For Application Performance Management (APM), both alarms and events refer to the information reported to APM when its status changes.

Differences Between Alarms and Events

• Alarms are reported when APM is abnormal or may cause errors. You need to handle alarms. Otherwise, service exceptions may occur.
• Events carry some important information, informing you of the changes of APM itself. Such changes do not necessarily cause exceptions. You do not need to handle events.