Threshold definition for effective alerting
As we have seen throughout Chapters 2, 3, and 4, Azure Monitor can help to ensure the reliability and performance of applications and services hosted in a multi-cloud ecosystem. A fundamental aspect of Azure Monitor is configuring alert rules, which involves setting thresholds to determine when an alert should be triggered. Achieving precision in defining these thresholds is crucial to ensure that alerts are relevant and actionable by other systems. This section aims to provide guidance on the considerations for establishing effective thresholds for alerts in Azure Monitor when deploying applications in Azure.
Why are thresholds so important?
The importance of effectively defining alert rule thresholds is critical due to the impact it can have on the responsiveness of the monitoring system to promptly address application performance issues. Setting thresholds too low could generate a high volume of false positives, inundating the organization...
