OpenTelemetry collector buffers spans from the node/cluster it resides in, sending only necessary data to the centralized trace backend for decision-making. The backend then requests raw spans only if the trace is marked as sampled.

📆 When?
March 24th - 5 pm CET
📍 Where?
Hall 12

See you in the Netherlands! 👇
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#TechTalk #Observability #Monitoring #metrics

Retroactive Sampling with OpenTelemetry: Cut 90% Distributed Tracing Bandwidth Usage - Roman Khavronenko & Zhu Jiekun, VictoriaMetrics

Have you considered the traffic consumed by tail-sampling traces in large-scale setups, where:1. Apps run across clusters/AZs.2. Trace spans from apps must be sent to an intermediate OpenTelemetry collector for tail-sampling.

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