(1) network latency the time to make a call over the network eg. it takes 200ms to call that service
(2) security latency eg. your token expired and you need to re-authenticate
(3) data latency eg. you need to query a database
Total latency Total latency is the sum of these parts. eg. I need to call another microservice to get it’s data
- network latency - my microservice get’s a call
- security latency - my microservice authenticates the call
- data latency - my own database query
- network latency - call another service
- security latency - the other service verifies my token
- data latency - the other microservice queries it’s database