DX Application Performance Management

Hi,

I have a requirement to monitor a .NET application and the customer wants to monitor around 75 custom methods. Because they face slowness for specific business use cases.

I am wondering whether instrumenting 75 methods is a good move . The problem is , customer says, every method needs to be monitored , else its difficult to know the flow.

Can i use BlameMethodTimer and StalledMethodTracer for each method , so that I get the same benefit as BlamePointTracer (just that I dont have other 3 metrics). and I get the traces for these methods as well.

Please comment.

Geethu

Hi,

Both should give you insight into what you are looking to do.  In reviewing what each one does, I can't see any reason why using them alone would not be ok.  Adding Hiko_Davis and Guenter_Grossberger for any additional insight.

Thanks,

Matt

Hi Geethu:

Sharing in APM Developer Community as well. 

Thanks 

Hal German

Thanks Hiko.

I understand from metrics perspective.

How about the load in application server if I implement the same in production server?

Hi Hiko,

According to docops, ExceptionErrorReported is supported only for Java agents.

"A per interval counter based on the number of exceptions being thrown (i.e. uncaught) from the identified method(s). If an exception is thrown, the error message is based on the return value of the getMessage() method called on the exception object. In order to capture the error message, must be used with a WithParameters Directive, otherwise will only increment the Errors Per Interval metric. To see error messages, requires ErrorDetector, otherwise will only increment the Errors Per Interval metric. Requires Agent be at 6.0 or later. Blame is implicit. Supported on Java Agents.
Default Metric Name: Errors Per Interval"

What can be done for .NET agents?

Geethu

Marking as answered with Hiko's response. Follow-up questions are welcomed if needed