RED & USE

July 15, 2016

If it’s a resource, like a queue, instrument it according to Brendan Gregg’s USE method: utilization, saturation, and error count (rate). If it’s something like an endpoint, instrument it according to Tom Wilkie’s RED method: request count (rate), error count (rate), and duration.

For every resource, check utilization, saturation, and errors.

https://peter.bourgon.org/go-best-practices-2016/

http://www.brendangregg.com/usemethod.html

https://twitter.com/LindsayofSF/status/692191001692237825

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