Courses / AWS
57. Synthetic and Real-User Monitoring (Synthetics & RUM)
Using synthetic checks and RUM to detect availability and performance regressions.
Infrastructure / Cloud (AWS-focused)
Synthetic and Real-User Monitoring (Synthetics & RUM)
Synthetics are automated checks that simulate user actions; RUM (Real User Monitoring) collects performance data from actual users' browsers or apps.
"I need to know if my site is broken for everyone, for some regions, or just slow for real users."
Synthetic monitoring runs scripted, repeatable checks from controlled locations to test availability and performance; RUM gathers metrics from real visitors to show actual user experience and variability.
"I need to know if my site is broken for everyone, for some regions, or just slow for real users."
Synthetic monitoring runs scripted, repeatable checks from controlled locations to test availability and performance; RUM gathers metrics from real visitors to show actual user experience and variability.