THWACK Monthly Mission – April 2025

Step into our arcade of operational resilience and see if you have what it takes to play IT safe. Get ready to level up your tech skills and navigate the challenges of keeping your systems robust and responsive. And guess what? We're giving away a LEGO Pac-Man to the ultimate player who masters the game! ️  

Join us as we explore strategies, share tips, and geek out over the coolest tools to keep your operations running smoothly. Let the games begin! 

APRIL MISSION

Use the mission’s resources to complete the tasks and answer the questions for a chance to win! 
 
Answer each question correctly during the week and you'll be entered for a chance to win the weekly prize. 
 
Answer all 20 questions correctly over the course of the month and you'll be entered for a chance to win the grand prize. 
 
150 points are being awarded for each correctly answered question. There are 20 questions, which means you can earn a maximum of 3,000 points for this mission. 

MISSION SHORTCUT

Complete the steps below between April 7, 2025, and May 4, 2025, to be entered to win a JBL Charge 5!

Shortcut steps:

• 1. Go to the SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Interactive Demo page and start an Advanced Demo
• 2. In the ‘MY DASHBOARDS’ dropdown menu, select ‘CLOUD’, then select ‘GCP’
• 3. Toggle to the ‘COMPUTE’ tab
• 4. Find the box that says ‘Top 5 VMs by CPU’
• 5. Click on any one of the running entities (e.g., ‘gcp-ubuntu-01’ or ‘gcp-redhat-01’)
• 6. Take a screenshot of the ‘Cloud Instance Storage Performance’ box
• 7. Submit screenshot from Step 6

SUBMIT RESPONSE