Title
AWS re:Invent 2022 - Leadership panel discussion: Monitoring and observability on AWS (COP212)
Summary
- The panel discussion at AWS re:Invent 2022 focused on the evolution and challenges of monitoring and observability in cloud environments.
- Panelists from Federated Wireless, United Airlines, and Fidelity shared their experiences and insights.
- Observability has become more complex with the shift from static, on-premises environments to dynamic, ephemeral cloud services like EC2, containers, and Lambda functions.
- The discussion highlighted the importance of observability for ensuring reliability, scalability, and customer satisfaction in various industries.
- Panelists discussed their use of AWS services, such as CloudWatch and CloudTrail, and the importance of a culture of observability within their organizations.
- The conversation touched on the balance between having too much or too little data for effective observability and the goal of moving towards self-healing, self-remediating systems using ML and AI.
Insights
- Observability is not just a set of tools but a cultural and architectural approach that needs to be integrated from day one.
- Companies are moving towards viewing observability as a data platform, focusing on operational data and analytics to improve incident response and predictive capabilities.
- The shift to the cloud and microservices architecture has increased the complexity of observability, requiring new strategies and tools to gain end-to-end visibility.
- There is a need for collaboration across different teams within organizations to successfully implement observability practices.
- The balance between data noise and data quality is crucial; too much data can be overwhelming, while too little can miss critical insights.
- The ultimate goal for observability is to achieve autonomous operations with systems that can self-heal and self-remediate, reducing the need for human intervention in incident response.
- AWS continues to support customers on their observability journey through various services and educational resources.