Services
Checking services is all about availability. If a service is down, cloud users will be faced with errors that prevent them from using the APIs and, furthermore, interacting with the cloud. These service checks should be performed regularly using simulated transactions generated from the monitoring platform. We call these simulated because they do not require all the specific customizations of the image and post-deployment configuration that may be needed for real workloads. While using real workloads is possible, it is less desirable due to the additional overhead needed to run actual transactions on a regular basis, in addition to the real deployment load. Synthetic transactions should be launched from a dedicated user in their ...
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