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Performance Troubleshooting Runbook

Overview

This runbook provides procedures for diagnosing and resolving performance issues.

Performance Monitoring

Key Metrics

  • Response Time: API endpoint response times
  • Throughput: Requests per second
  • Error Rate: Failed requests percentage
  • Resource Usage: CPU, memory, disk, network

Monitoring Tools

  • Prometheus metrics
  • Grafana dashboards
  • Application logs
  • System monitoring

Common Performance Issues

High Response Time

  1. Database Issues
  2. Slow queries
  3. Connection pool exhaustion
  4. Lock contention
  5. Missing indexes

  6. Application Issues

  7. Inefficient algorithms
  8. Memory leaks
  9. Blocking operations
  10. Resource contention

  11. Infrastructure Issues

  12. Network latency
  13. Disk I/O bottlenecks
  14. CPU saturation
  15. Memory pressure

Troubleshooting Steps

  1. Identify Bottlenecks
  2. Check system metrics
  3. Analyze application logs
  4. Review database performance
  5. Monitor network traffic

  6. Root Cause Analysis

  7. Profile application code
  8. Analyze query performance
  9. Check resource utilization
  10. Review configuration

  11. Resolution

  12. Optimize queries
  13. Tune application settings
  14. Scale resources
  15. Update configurations

Performance Optimization

Database Optimization

  • Add missing indexes
  • Optimize query plans
  • Tune connection pools
  • Update statistics

Application Optimization

  • Profile code performance
  • Optimize algorithms
  • Reduce memory usage
  • Implement caching

Infrastructure Optimization

  • Scale resources
  • Optimize network
  • Tune system parameters
  • Update configurations

Performance Testing

  • Load testing
  • Stress testing
  • Capacity planning
  • Benchmarking