Chapter 1:
The Observability Gap
Most managed services provide "black box" observability:
- Managed Dashboards: Metrics are often aggregated or delayed, hiding the granular detail needed for deep troubleshooting.
- Proprietary Logging: Audit logs are often trapped within vendor-specific formats (like AWS CloudWatch or GCP Operations Suite), making multi-cloud compliance difficult.
- Control Plane Dependency: If you cannot access the cloud console, you lose visibility into the database's health.