What function does the OCI Monitoring Alerts feature serve?

The OCI Monitoring Alerts feature is designed to help users effectively manage their cloud resources by allowing them to set specific thresholds for various metrics. When these thresholds are violated—meaning that a monitored metric exceeds or falls below a predefined limit—the system generates alerts. This proactive notification system is vital for operational oversight, enabling teams to respond quickly to potential issues and maintain optimal performance.

By sending notifications based on these thresholds, organizations can ensure that they are aware of important changes in their resource utilization, performance, or health. This targeted alerting mechanism helps in enabling quick intervention and decision-making, thus enhancing overall resource management in the cloud environment.

Consequently, while other options may offer different functionalities—such as executing scripts, visualizing data, or identifying trends—they do not align with the primary purpose of setting thresholds and alerting users to metric violations, which is essential for maintaining operational integrity and performance in OCI.