Performance · Difficulty 4 of 5 · 45 min
One host pinned at full load
Response times degraded sharply on one host while its siblings stay healthy. Its utilisation sits on a flat plateau near maximum, starting at one instant, with no deployment and no change in traffic. Single out the saturated host, find what keeps it there and restore normal performance.
Where the symptom shows: EC2
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