Module 9: Monitoring and Performance Tuning

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Monitoring and Performance Tuning

Graded Assignment

1. You want to set up monitoring for your mission-critical application. What signals should you monitor in your dashboards?

  • Contrast, Latency, Traffic, Errors
  • Saturation, Latency, Traffic, Errors โœ…
  • Saturation, Latency, Throttling, Errors
  • Security, Latency, Throttling, Errors

Explanation: These are the four key Golden Signals for monitoring application performance:

  • Saturation โ†’ Measures resource exhaustion (e.g., CPU, memory).
  • Latency โ†’ Measures response times.
  • Traffic โ†’ Measures the number of requests.
  • Errors โ†’ Tracks failures in the system.

2. Users are encountering errors in your application. You want to view the stack trace to determine where the error occurred. Which service would help you view the stack trace?

  • Cloud Trace
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Error Reporting โœ…
  • Cloud Logging

Explanation:
Error Reporting automatically groups, analyzes, and provides stack traces for errors, making it ideal for debugging.

3. You want to stream logs into Cloud Logging from third-party applications running on Compute Engine instances. What service should you consider?

  • Cloud Trace
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Error Reporting
  • Ops Agent โœ…

Explanation:
Ops Agent is designed for logging and monitoring Compute Engine instances, including third-party applications.

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