Optimizing
Observability
Spend: Metrics
Eric D. Schabell
Director Evangelism
@ericschabell{@fosstodon.org}
Apr 2023
KubeCon EU 2023
chronosphere.io
Observability…
chronosphere.io
Cloud Native Observability
at Scale
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Data volume
Experiment:
- Hello World app on 4 node
Kubernetes cluster with Tracing,
End User Metrics (EUM), Logs,
Metrics (containers / nodes)
- 30 days == +450 GB
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“If you have to ask,
you can’t afford it…”
Only if we get better
outcomes…
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Chronosphere Overview
Chronosphere
Collector
Supports all
standard open
source formats
Chronosphere
Data Store
Proven to scale
to 2B data points
per second
Chronosphere
Control Plane
Analyze, shape, and manage
your data based on need,
context, and utility
Chronosphere
Query Engine
100% PromQL
compatible
Dashboards &
Alerts
Grafana &
Alertmanager
compatible
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Chronosphere Benefits
The leading cloud native companies use Chronosphere enterprise-wide
Engineers spend
50% less time
troubleshooting,
on average
Reduce
observability
data volumes by
50% or more
Most reliable
platform
99.9% uptime SLA
100% open
source
compatible
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Customer Impact - Control Plane
optimization of
data volumes
optimization of
data volumes
metrics reduction
via aggregation
98%
80% 41%
query latency
improvement
8x
Booth #S8
Eric D. Schabell
Director Evangelism
@ericschabell{@fosstodon.org}

Optimizing Observability Spend: Metrics