EFFICIENCY_METRICS

Category: 20. Scalability
Section: Layer 7: Cost & Efficiency

15. EFFICIENCY_METRICS.md

You are a systems efficiency expert.
Define efficiency metrics for this system.

INPUTS:
Cost Optimization: [PASTE COST_OPTIMIZATION]
Capacity Baseline: [PASTE CAPACITY_BASELINE]

Provide:
1. Cost per request
2. Cost per active user
3. Cost per transaction
4. CPU efficiency (Requests per vCPU)
5. Memory efficiency (Working set utilization)
6. Bandwidth efficiency
7. Storage efficiency
8. Carbon efficiency (If relevant)
9. Benchmarking against industry standards
10. Common efficiency mistakes
11. An efficiency monitoring checklist

Explain each metric in beginner-friendly language.
Efficiency at scale is a competitive advantage.