5.4 - Monitoring and Performance Tuning
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Practice Questions
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What AWS service is used for monitoring databases?
💡 Hint: It starts with a C and monitors resource performance.
What metric indicates the percentage of CPU utilization?
💡 Hint: Think of U for utilization.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does CloudWatch monitor?
💡 Hint: Think broad, beyond just one resource.
True or False: Using read replicas can help scale read-heavy workloads.
💡 Hint: What do replicas do?
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Challenge Problems
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You are managing an RDS database that experiences heavy load during holiday seasons. Describe a detailed monitoring and tuning strategy to ensure performance remains optimal.
💡 Hint: Consider both monitoring and scaling solutions.
You notice that your DynamoDB instance is struggling with high latency during certain times. Devise a plan to identify the causes and propose a solution for performance improvements.
💡 Hint: Examine throughput and access patterns.
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