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Day Two DevOps

D2C246: Can Service Level Objectives (SLOs) Help Keep Users Happy?

Jul 3, 2024
Exploring the significance of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) in measuring system reliability and meeting customer expectations. Discussing the challenges of increasing uptime and justifying costs to leadership. Implementing SLOs for system reliability through collaboration between product, engineering, and business teams.
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  • SLOs measure user satisfaction with service reliability, focusing on customer experience indicators.
  • Balancing high reliability with performance trade-offs highlights the importance of maintaining service quality under varying load conditions.

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Understanding Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

SLOs serve as a framework for measuring reliability, focusing on customer experience indicators. Reliability hinges on metrics that mirror customer/user satisfaction with services, emphasizing the user's smooth interaction rather than backend technical complexities. The discussion recognizes that SLOs are vital in assessing how well services are meeting customer expectations, underscoring the importance of focusing on customer-oriented proxies for defining service metrics.

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