Best practices

Let’s understand the best practices for monitoring:

• Explore and familiarize: Understand the capabilities of each cloud provider’s monitoring tools and their integration with database services
• Customize alerts: Tailor alerting policies so that they align with specific performance requirements and business needs
• Integrate with automation: Utilize alert notifications to trigger automated responses or scaling actions

Here are some in-depth best practices to consider:

• Understand tool capabilities:
  • Thoroughly explore the features and functionalities of your cloud provider’s monitoring tools. Understand the metrics they collect, the visualization options available, and how to set up alerts.
  • Familiarize yourself with the tools’ integration with different database services and other cloud resources.
• Define relevant metrics:
  • Identify the key metrics that are critical for monitoring the health and performance of your database...