If you use cloudwatch, the “should” part is tricky. “Should” you be able to and “should” you do it if metrics were reasonably priced based on their basic requir

If you use cloudwatch, the “should” part is tricky. “Should” you be able to and “should” you do it if metrics were reasonably priced based on their basic required storage / computational footprint? Yes. However, “should” you in a world where you only have cloudwatch because you don’t want to roll your own monitoring or bring in a third party vendor? Probably not. It’s not a good thing, but it’s a reality. 1/n approximation is your go to here.