Thresholds can be set for which individual entities?

Thresholds in Dynatrace can be effectively set for various individual entities, allowing for more granular monitoring and alerting. Specifically, thresholds can be configured for applications, hosts, and requests, which are crucial elements in understanding performance and health within the environment.

By setting thresholds for applications, you can monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) like response times and error rates, ensuring that their performance stays within acceptable levels. For hosts, which represent the underlying hardware or virtual machines running your applications, thresholds can help monitor CPU usage, memory consumption, and other critical metrics to ensure that the hosts are not overloaded. Finally, setting thresholds for requests allows for tracking the performance and reliability of specific API calls or user interactions, providing vital insights into user experience and system behavior.

This capability to set thresholds across applications, hosts, and requests allows for comprehensive monitoring that can trigger alerts or initiate automated responses when specific performance criteria are breached, thus helping teams maintain optimal performance and swiftly address potential issues.