Comments on: A close look at New Relic’s scalability chart http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2013/01/07/a-close-look-at-new-relics-scalability-chart/ Stay curious! Thu, 02 May 2013 12:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robin http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2013/01/07/a-close-look-at-new-relics-scalability-chart/#comment-20452 Robin Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:54:49 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=3011#comment-20452 I’ve been a NewRelic user for over a year now… I have to agree with you that the details of the graph should be lost in translation as to scalability perse… But one of the things we did learn from it was: how well do we react to alot of traffic. One could have an parabola line show up or a near flatline.. (latter seems better imho)

Just being able to spot the sweet spot in responsetimes vs how busy the app is (usually the app in front of the db does have some influence in the actual number queries run and thus load ;))

In other words: all graphs only simplify the reality and thus need to be taken in with a grain of salt and in context. A graph on itself is just a pretty picture ;) but combining those graphs with other data (and other graphs) does give a better overall picture of where the bottleneck on a service level lies (or at least should provide good indications)

]]> By: Rajib http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2013/01/07/a-close-look-at-new-relics-scalability-chart/#comment-20451 Rajib Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:12:24 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=3011#comment-20451 I haven’t used the feature yet, but what I have read from their blog, this approach sounds fascinating.

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