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Optimize Performance

This page explains how Causely helps you continuously improve system performance by providing actionable insights into bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities.

Once you've installed Causely, the system automatically generates your topology graph and identifies performance bottlenecks, resource contention, and optimization opportunities. For more details on how Causely builds this understanding, see How Causely Works.

Identify Performance Issues​

Causely identifies performance issues through root cause analysis that reveals:

  • Resource contention and bottlenecks: Understand where resources are constrained and causing performance degradation
  • Inefficient operations and queries: Identify operations that are consuming excessive resources or taking too long
  • Scaling opportunities: Find services or components that would benefit from scaling
  • Optimization targets: Pinpoint specific areas where performance improvements would have the most impact

The Root Causes view shows performance-related root causes with detailed evidence, impact analysis, and remediation guidance.

Use historical root causes and the Topology view to track performance trends over time and understand:

  • How changes impact performance: See how deployments, configuration changes, or infrastructure updates affect system performance
  • Seasonal or cyclical patterns: Identify recurring performance patterns that might indicate optimization opportunities
  • Long-term degradation or improvement: Track whether performance is improving or degrading over time

The Reliability Delta feature allows you to compare performance snapshots and track improvements or regressions.

Get Actionable Recommendations​

Root causes include specific remediation guidance that helps you optimize performance, such as:

  • Scaling recommendations for services or infrastructure
  • Query optimizations for databases
  • Infrastructure improvements
  • Configuration adjustments

You can also use Ask Causely to query performance-related questions and get insights about optimization opportunities.

Improve Performance Optimization​

To better identify and act on performance optimization opportunities:

  • Connect more telemetry: Add additional telemetry sources to provide more comprehensive performance data. More telemetry means better identification of bottlenecks and optimization targets.

  • Configure thresholds: Set up thresholds to fine-tune when performance issues are considered problematic, helping Causely better identify optimization opportunities.

  • Define service priorities: Configure service tiers to help Causely prioritize which services' performance matters most.

  • Automate remediation: Use Automate Remediation to automatically scale resources or take other actions when performance issues are identified.

Want to optimize performance as well?

Ready to continuously improve system performance with actionable insights? Connect with our team today to try Causely and see how it can help you optimize performance.

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