You are planning to use AWS X-Ray for a multiservice application for which operations teams are getting lots of complaints regarding application performance.
Before integrating AWS X-Ray, you are looking into the core details of AWS X-Ray.
Which of the following is the correct statement of AWS X-Ray?
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A. B. C. D.Correct Answer - D.
Segment consists of tracing records for a request which a distributed application makes.
Segment consists of multiple system defined & user-defined annotations and sub-segments consisting of remote calls made from this application.
Option A is incorrect as Sub-Segments can also be sent independently apart from embedding in segment documents.
Option B is incorrect as X-Trace is a set of data points sharing the same Trace ID & not segment ID.Option C is incorrect as Annotations consists of system-defined & user-defined data.
For more information on AWS X-Ray, refer to the following URL-
https://aws.amazon.com/xray/faqs/AWS X-Ray is a service that helps in analyzing, monitoring, and debugging distributed applications, which are composed of several microservices. With AWS X-Ray, you can understand how your application and its underlying services are performing and pinpoint the root cause of performance issues.
Now let's look at the options provided in the question:
A. Sub-Segments can only be embedded in a full segment document.
This statement is incorrect. Sub-segments can be embedded in both the full segment document and other sub-segments. A segment can contain multiple sub-segments, and each sub-segment can contain additional sub-segments.
B. X-Ray Trace is a set of data points sharing the same Segment I.
This statement is incorrect. An X-Ray Trace is a collection of data points gathered from a single request as it travels through a distributed system. Each trace is identified by a unique trace ID, which is used to group the data points together.
C. Annotations consist of only system-defined data.
This statement is incorrect. Annotations can contain both system-defined and user-defined data. Annotations are key-value pairs that provide additional information about a trace or a segment.
D. Segment consists of multiple annotations.
This statement is correct. A segment represents a single component within a distributed application, such as a microservice or a database. A segment can contain multiple annotations, which are used to provide additional context about the segment.
In conclusion, the correct statement about AWS X-Ray is that a segment consists of multiple annotations.