What does Dynatrace use to track remote procedure calls?

Dynatrace employs SDKs, technologies like Akka, and cloud services such as AWS Lambda to effectively monitor and track remote procedure calls (RPCs). SDKs allow for custom instrumentation of applications, making it easier to gather performance metrics and traces related to function calls across different services. Akka provides a powerful toolkit for building concurrent, distributed, and fault-tolerant applications in Java and Scala, which facilitates tracking actor-based interactions and their performance. In the context of AWS Lambda, Dynatrace can monitor the execution of serverless functions, enabling it to capture detailed insights about the remote calls initiated by these functions.

The selection of this answer reflects Dynatrace’s focus on modern application architectures, which often involve microservices, serverless functions, and asynchronous communication patterns where traditional RPC mechanisms might not apply directly. Using these tools allows for comprehensive visibility and performance monitoring across diverse environments in cloud-native applications.