A cloud administrator notices that the performance of a cloud-based application is degraded. After investigating, they observe that the application instances are not scaling up despite an increase in demand, leading to insufficient compute capacity. Which of the following is the BEST step to take first in order to resolve this issue?
Check the scaling configurations for correct thresholds and timely resource allocation.
Review the service level agreements (SLAs) to ensure that the provider is meeting the promised performance metrics.
Allocate additional static compute resources to handle the increased load.
Increase the bandwidth available to the application to see if performance improves.