1. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: monitoring event data associated with a network event that occurred within a virtualized IP software-defined networking network that is monitored by a virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform; measuring, based upon the event data, a quality of service performance metric associated with the virtualized software-defined monitoring resources platform; and determining, based upon the quality of service performance metric, whether an auto-scaling operation is to be performed.