PCF 13 - Metrics

• What is "PCF Metrics"? What information does it provide?

PCF built-in metrics information

• Container metrics: CPU, memory, disk %
• HTTP metrics: requests per second, HTTP errors per second, request latency
• App events: create, update, start, stop, and crash

• Do you understand how to use the metrics to spot a badly performing application? For example: CPU or memory usage?

1. Set up a custom chart to monitor the application performance (or)
2. Highlight the CPU Utilization spike keyword in the logs and debug the application to resolve what is causing the spike.

pluralsight recap

• What might a spike in memory indicaate when using PCF metrics?

It might mean a resource leak in the code