Grafana's Big Tent

Why SLOs are MVPs in observability

Apr 18, 2022
Guest
Bjorn "Beorn" Rabenstein
Guest
Matthias Loibl
Matthias Loibl, co-creator of the open source SLO software Pyrra, and Grafana Labs’ principal software engineer Bjorn "Beorn" Rabenstein dive into the transformative power of Service Level Objectives (SLOs). They discuss the impact of SLOs on balancing rapid deployment and reliability, the importance of user feedback in shaping these objectives, and strategies for effective alert management. The episode also touches on the nuances of implementing SLOs in tech systems and the essential balance between innovation and reliability.
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1
Intro
00:00 • 2min
2
Understanding Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
01:41 • 10min
3
Navigating Service Level Objectives
11:53 • 15min
4
Optimizing User Feedback and SLOs
26:50 • 11min
5
Effective Alert Management Through Time Window Combination
37:24 • 2min
6
Overcoming Observability Challenges in Teams
38:57 • 2min
7
Balancing Innovation and Reliability with Error Budgets
40:44 • 4min
8
Implementing Effective Service Level Objectives
44:28 • 13min