Analyze AWS Microservices architecture to identify and address performance issues
AWS Cloud Operations Blog
This article discusses how the Amazon Payment Services (APS) team used AWS X-Ray to identify and address performance issues in their microservices architecture.
Specifically, the article covers:
- APS's microservices architecture and challenges with managing performance across multiple services
- How AWS X-Ray provided end-to-end tracing, service maps, and performance metrics to identify bottlenecks
- Key benefits APS realized, including 25% reduction in request latency and improved customer experience
- How AWS X-Ray enabled visualizations and alerts using Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring APIs
- The authors' roles at APS and expertise in payments and microservices
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