Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Question 131
Select 2Google Cloud PlatformYour team is managing a distributed application hosted on Google Cloud. To ensure high availability and performance, you need to monitor and manage application metrics effectively. Which steps should you take to set up and manage metrics for this application using Google Cloud? (Choose TWO)
- A
Define custom metrics using Cloud Monitoring to track application-specific performance indicators.
- B
Disable default system metrics to minimize the storage costs associated with metric data.
- C
Set up alert policies in Cloud Monitoring to notify the team when metrics exceed defined thresholds.
- D
Use Cloud Storage to store raw metric data for long-term analysis and compliance.
- E
Configure dashboards in Cloud Monitoring to visualize key metrics in real-time.
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Correct answers: A, C
Explanation
To effectively manage metrics for a distributed application using Google Cloud, you need to define custom metrics to capture application-specific data and set up alert policies to ensure prompt notifications for abnormal conditions. These steps allow you to monitor application performance proactively and address potential issues before they impact users. Other options, such as disabling system metrics or using Cloud Storage for raw metric data, are either counterproductive or not relevant to metric management.
- A. Correct.
Defining custom metrics allows you to monitor specific aspects of your application that are not tracked by default system metrics. This helps in better understanding and managing application performance.
- B. Incorrect.
Disabling default system metrics is not recommended as they provide critical information about the health and performance of your infrastructure and services.
- C. Correct.
Setting up alert policies enables proactive monitoring by notifying the team when certain conditions are met, helping you reduce downtime and address issues quickly.
- D. Incorrect.
Cloud Storage is not specifically designed for storing metric data. Instead, Cloud Monitoring handles metrics storage and analysis natively.
- E. Incorrect.
While configuring dashboards is useful for visualizing metrics, it is not directly related to managing or setting up metrics themselves.