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title: Resource metrics
description: PingFederate provides mechanisms for obtaining resource metrics including JMX and heartbeat endpoint.
component: pingfederate
version: 13.0
page_id: pingfederate:pingfederate_monitoring_guide:pf_resource_metrics
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingfederate/13.0/pingfederate_monitoring_guide/pf_resource_metrics.html
revdate: June 21, 2023
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# Resource metrics

PingFederate provides mechanisms for obtaining resource metrics including JMX and heartbeat endpoint.

PingFederate provides the following mechanisms for obtaining resource metrics:

* JMX - Ping recommends using JMX MBeans because this method provides a more comprehensive set of resource metric counters for analyzing performance. Several tools are available for collecting and analyzing data from JMX MBeans, including many security information and event management (SIEM) tools, like Splunk.

* Heartbeat endpoint - For information about enabling and customizing heartbeat message reporting, see [Liveliness and responsiveness](pf_liveliness_responsiveness.html).

[Monitoring](pf_monitoring.html) discusses the JConsole monitoring tool that is included with the Java SE platform. For more information about the Comprehensive JConsole, see [Troubleshoot with the JConsole Tool](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/troubleshoot/diagnostic-tools.htm#JSTGD174) in the Oracle JDK documentation and [The Java Monitoring and Management Console (jconsole)](https://openjdk.org/tools/svc/jconsole/) in the OpenJDK documentation.