#opentelemetry

#opentelemetry

OpenTelemetry delivers valuable trace-level insights but introduces notable overhead, increasing CPU usage by approximately 35%, leading to higher resource costs in high-throughput applications.

In modern society, traditional monitoring tools fall short due to the complex nature of distributed systems, necessitating advanced solutions like OpenTelemetry to achieve better visibility and performance.

Cloudflare upgraded its logging pipeline from syslog-ng to OpenTelemetry Collector, enhancing data handling, integration, and performance reporting across its critical infrastructure.