Bubble · Diagram Design
The biggest risk is not the slowest service
The biggest risk is not the slowest service
Bubble chart of nine services by p95 latency and error rate on zero-based axes, bubble area proportional to requests per second; Payments carries near-peak traffic at the highest error rate.
ERROR RATE, %
P95 LATENCY, MS
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PAYMENTS
GATEWAY
REPORTS
LEGEND
P95 VS ERROR RATE, BUBBLE AREA ∝ REQUESTS PER SECOND · BOTH AXES START AT ZERO · ILLUSTRATIVE FIGURES, NOT MEASURED SERVICES
Payments · focal, highest error rate at near-peak traffic
Service · faintest fill is the largest bubble