Monitoring Methodologies: RED and USE

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Implementing monitoring for a new system or for the first time can be a daunting task. Every new system or service brings new data to parse through and make sense of, so where do you start?

This is the rate at which your system is receiving requests and can provide important context when monitoring performance or troubleshooting.

Errors are your system asking for help and monitoring them is crucial to identifying, prioritizing and fixing system issues.

Together, RED and USE metrics offer a starting point for monitoring new systems or services and work toward establishing end-to-end system visibility.

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