If you are running an IT system you are most likely using an Observability stack along it. Nowadays, the question’s no more whether or not you need Observability but more like how will you compose your stack. At OVHcloud, we have been running a scalable timeseries backend for years now. During the last year, we …
In our previous posts about choosing a Prometheus remote storage we have seen how to set up a benchmarking infrastructure and how to benchmark promql performance. We have been able to obtain results but the whole benchmark is flawned in many ways: This blog post discuss how we should have benchmark our remote storage. How to …
Here @OVHCloud, we try to replace our legacy metrics oriented infrastructure. This infrastructure matters a lot for us as internal teams use it to supervise the core services of OVH, so before making any choices, we wanted to apply a bullet proof test to the challengers. You can do two main things with a storage …
Introduction In the previous post we have discuss how important remote storage are for Prometheus. We have also covered several attention points. In the following post we are covering remote write storage and how to bench them. Context After you have identify one (or more) remote storage who might suit your must bench it. However …
At OVHcloud, we recently made a change to our internal Observability stack. After testing and comparing the different solutions on the market, we opted for on open source solution. With this blog post, we’re starting a series of articles to provide feedback on our selection process and what we’ve learned along the way. Our mission …
