Backend Developer
mediummetrics-and-alerting
What metrics should you monitor in backend services?
Answer
Monitor what impacts reliability and user experience.
**Core metrics:**
- Latency (p50/p95/p99)
- Error rate
- Traffic (RPS)
- Saturation (CPU, memory, DB connections)
Also track dependency health, queue lag, and business KPIs. Alerts should be actionable and tied to SLOs when possible.
Related Topics
ObservabilitySREReliability