Cloud observability is really important for most modern organizations in that it dives deep when it comes down to keeping application functionality, problems, and those little bumps in the road along the way, a smooth overall user experience. Meanwhile, the growing toll of telemetry data that keeps piling up, such as logs, metrics and traces, becomes costlier by the minute. But one thing is clear: You do not have to compromise visibility just to reduce costs.
This post is all about strategies and top practices that can help optimize your cloud observability spend for you to derive value from your monitoring investments without breaking the bank.
Recognizing the drivers of cost: The observability
Before going into solutions, let’s understand what could actually make observability costs skyrocket.
