An organization is using AWS Systems Manager to collect logs from thousands of EC2 instances. They want to set up an alert that triggers whenever the 'CPU utilization' of any instance stays above 90% for more than 5 minutes. What type of alert should they create?

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Correct Answer: CloudWatch Metric Alarm

Metric alarms are the standard way to monitor performance metrics and trigger automated actions or notifications....

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An organization is using AWS Systems Manager to collect logs from thousands of EC2 instances. They want to set up an alert that triggers whenever the 'CPU utilization' of any instance stays above 90% for more than 5 minutes. What type of alert should they create?

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Correct Answer

CloudWatch Metric Alarm

Why This Answer Is Correct

Metric alarms are the standard way to monitor performance metrics and trigger automated actions or notifications.

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