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Putting an end to "murder mysteries"
The environment portrayed in Figure 2 can make
for "fun" experiences detecting the source of a
performance problem. Sometimes called "murder
mysteries" by API admins, the process of discovering
and remediating a problematic microservice can
be stressful and wasteful of resources. The new
generation of management platforms provides a
higher level of transparency and discoverability.
In this way, it puts an end to the murder mysteries
and allows API admins to remediate performance
issues quickly.
Elevating microservices
management
It's common for people to refer to "APIs and
microservices" as if they were an organic pairing.
This makes sense, given the similarity and synergy
between the two technologies. However, in terms
of management, microservices can suffer from
second-class citizen status.
A good practice is to
elevate microservice
management to the
same status as
API management.
Then, it becomes easier to support
high-volume, enterprise-scale use
with the ability to manage traffic in
all directions.
