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A team set up an alerting system but notices many false alarms during normal traffic spikes. What is the best way to fix this issue?

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Microservices - Monitoring and Observability
A team set up an alerting system but notices many false alarms during normal traffic spikes. What is the best way to fix this issue?
AIgnore all alerts for CPU usage
BDisable alerts during peak hours
CLower the alert thresholds to catch more issues
DAdjust thresholds and add noise filtering
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
  1. Step 1: Identify the problem with false alarms

    false alarms happen when thresholds are too sensitive or noise is not filtered.
  2. Step 2: Choose the best fix

    Adjusting thresholds to better values and adding noise filtering reduces false positives effectively.
  3. Final Answer:

    Adjust thresholds and add noise filtering -> Option D
  4. Quick Check:

    Fix false alarms = adjust thresholds + filter noise [OK]
Quick Trick: Tune thresholds and filter noise to reduce false alerts [OK]
Common Mistakes:
MISTAKES
  • Lowering thresholds increases false alarms
  • Disabling alerts risks missing real issues
  • Ignoring alerts causes unnoticed failures

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