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Pragyan Tripathi
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10 Metrics you should track to optimise your system

10 Metrics you should track to optimise your system:

How long does it take...

  • for a new engineer to understand the system?
  • for a new engineer to comfortably work on the system?
  • to add capacity to support the increased load?
  • to restore production data?
  • to securely off-board an engineer?

For each critical part of the system, how long to...

  • be notified of the part's failure?
  • to replace the part?
  • discover and apply a security patch?

Of all the critical parts of the system, what percentage are...

  • monitored?
  • documented?
  • regularly reviewed for security issues?

What is the percentage of...

  • application uptime?
  • system-related bugs?

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