Service Level Indicator (SLI)
Source: content/manual/06-glossary/reliability/sli.md
Definition
A quantitative measure of some aspect of service behavior (e.g., request success rate, latency percentiles).
Why it matters
SLIs make reliability observable and enable objective targets (SLOs).
Common pitfalls
- Choosing SLIs that don’t reflect user experience.
- Overloading dashboards with too many indicators.
References
- Google SRE Workbook
- manual/04-platform-engineering/index.md