What determines where Synthetic Monitoring Points of Presence should be deployed?
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Short Explanation
The PoP is your vantage point. Put it where the users or systems you're testing would be looking from.
Full Explanation
Synthetic Monitoring Points of Presence should be deployed according to the locations and networks the tests need to originate from, so results reflect the vantage point of the users or systems being represented. A PoP executes tests from its own network position, so its placement determines what network path, latency, and regional behaviour the test observes. Choosing whichever region has spare capacity is incorrect because origin is central to what a synthetic test measures; a test from the wrong region reports a path no user takes. Deploying to isolated networks with no outbound access is incorrect because a PoP must reach both the target it tests and the Instana backend it reports to, and no outbound access means no results. Placing PoPs wherever database backups are stored is incorrect because PoPs execute tests and have no backup function. For the exam, place PoPs according to required test origin.