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title: "Your observability journey | Grafana Labs"
description: "Where Fleet Management fits in your observability journey"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Where are you on the observability journey?

[Hierarchy of Observability Needs pyramid showing Level 1 highlighted](https://grafana.com/media/docs/learning-hub/instrumentation-hub-hierarchy-of-needs.png "Hierarchy of Observability Needs pyramid showing Level 1 highlighted")

In the **Hierarchy of Observability Needs**, Level 1 is **Infrastructure Foundation**:

> *“Is my infrastructure healthy?”*

You achieve Level 1 coverage by deploying collectors that gather metrics and logs from your servers, databases, and services.

## Fleet Management as a force multiplier

Fleet Management is a force multiplier because it scales your capacity without scaling your effort.

[Fleet Management expands your Level 1 foundation](fleet-management-force-multiplier.svg "Fleet Management expands your Level 1 foundation")

| Without Fleet Management                      | With Fleet Management                        |
|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Scaling collectors = scaling operational work | Scaling collectors = same operational work   |
| Coverage limited by management overhead       | Coverage limited only by your infrastructure |

> Fleet Management removes the operational bottleneck that prevents you from expanding your Level 1 foundation.