https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Does-System-load-and-Traffic-spike-affect-Failure-rate/m-p/165045#M16641 <P>Just want to know if there's a spike in system load and traffic , does it cause the failure rate to increase ?</P> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:30:09 GMT XiaoQin99 2021-04-28T06:30:09Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Does-System-load-and-Traffic-spike-affect-Failure-rate/m-p/165045#M16641 <P>Just want to know if there's a spike in system load and traffic , does it cause the failure rate to increase ?</P> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:30:09 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Does-System-load-and-Traffic-spike-affect-Failure-rate/m-p/165045#M16641 XiaoQin99 2021-04-28T06:30:09Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Does-System-load-and-Traffic-spike-affect-Failure-rate/m-p/165047#M16643 <P>This depends only on the monitored application. Distributed systems typically have processing limits - if your app hits the limit, you might see failure rates. A typical example is HTTP 503 in the case of an overloaded web server.</P> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 07:08:03 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Open-Q-A/Does-System-load-and-Traffic-spike-affect-Failure-rate/m-p/165047#M16643 Julius_Loman 2021-04-28T07:08:03Z