Observability Snippets

The USE Methodology USE stands for Utilization, Saturation, and Errors. Developed by Brendan Gregg, it’s a low-level diagnostic tool for infrastructure and system resources. Utilization – How much of a resource is used? (e.g., 70% CPU) Saturation – Is the system over capacity? (e.g., CPU run queue) Errors – Are there hardware or system faults? (e.g., disk errors) Best for: Bottleneck analysis on servers, network, disk, memory Source: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/build-dashboards/best-practices/ The RED Methodology RED focuses on service-level performance and is tailored for microservices and HTTP-based systems. ...

March 1, 2010 · 2 min · 295 words · Micha Kops