#metrics

2 posts.

How Much Telemetry Should We Keep? Balancing Collection Cost and Diagnostic Value

Examine metric, log, and trace costs from instrumentation to storage, then use aggregation, sampling, label budgets, and retention policies to preserve useful diagnostic evidence.

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Should Metrics Be Pulled or Pushed? Comparing Collection Models

Compare Prometheus-style scraping and OTLP export across convenience, scalability, failure handling, Kubernetes fit, and current hybrid architecture patterns.

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