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release-21.2: tenant: add endpoint with instant metrics #71052

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@darinpp darinpp commented Oct 3, 2021

Backport 1/1 commits from #70750.

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Previously the tenant process was serving various metrics on
/_status/vars. This endpoint has all the available metrics and these are
updated every 10 sec. Many of the metrics show a rate that is calculated
over the 10 sec interval. Some of the metrics are used by the cockroach
operator to monitor the CPU workload of the tenant process and use that
workload for automatic scaling. The 10 sec interval however is too long
and causes a slow scaling up. The reporting of high CPU utilization can
take up to 20 sec (to compute a delta). To resolve this, the PR adds a
new endpoint /_status/load that provides an instant reading of a
very small subset of the normal metrics - user and system CPU time for
now. By having these be instant, the client can retrieve in quick
succession, consecutive snapshots and compute a precise CPU utulization.
It also allows the client to control the interval between the two pulls
(as opposed to having it hard coded to 10 sec).

Release note: None

Release justification: Necessary change for addressing the slow pod scale-up
for the upcoming Serverless MVP release. This functionality
is only used in multi-tenant scenarios and should have no impact on
our dedicated customers.

Previously the tenant process was serving various metrics on
`/_status/vars`. This endpoint has all the available metrics and these are
updated every 10 sec. Many of the metrics show a rate that is calculated
over the 10 sec interval. Some of the metrics are used by the cockroach
operator to monitor the CPU workload of the tenant process and use that
workload for automatic scaling. The 10 sec interval however is too long
and causes a slow scaling up. The reporting of high CPU utilization can
take up to 20 sec (to compute a delta). To resolve this, the PR adds a
new endpoint `/_status/load` that provides an instant reading of a
very small subset of the normal metrics - user and system CPU time for
now. By having these be instant, the client can retrieve in quick
succession, consecutive snapshots and compute a precise CPU utulization.
It also allows the client to control the interval between the two pulls
(as opposed to having it hard coded to 10 sec).

Release note: None
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Thanks for opening a backport.

Please check the backport criteria before merging:

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@darinpp darinpp requested a review from andy-kimball October 3, 2021 21:19
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:lgtm:

Reviewable status: :shipit: complete! 1 of 0 LGTMs obtained

@darinpp darinpp merged commit 6b1451c into cockroachdb:release-21.2 Oct 6, 2021
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