Distinguish SLO-backed database alerts from noisy infrastructure thresholds.
If an alert cannot name the user promise at risk, it probably should not wake a human. SLO thinking separates measurement from interruption. A database can emit thousands of useful signals, but only a few deserve a page. The job is to connect paging to the service behavior users or internal customers actually depend on. SLIs are the behavior you care about For databases, useful SLIs often include successful write rate, p95 or p99 query latency for critical paths, replication freshness, connection success, and restore readiness. They are not generic health vibes; they are measured behaviors. SLOs define the acceptable…
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