A major incident triggers dozens of alerts firing at once across many services. As the responder, how do you…

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A major incident triggers dozens of alerts firing at once across many services. As the responder, how do you avoid being overwhelmed and find the real problem?

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My first move in an alert storm is to resist the urge to chase the loudest alert, because dozens firing at once almost always means one root cause is lighting…

Alert storm triage