Re:Translate Datadog Metrics into OTLP
by Spivak on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @03:49PM
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> Yes, you can do it all yourself open-source, invest engineer time to keep it all running. Pay for cloud infrastructure, run DataDog-like/clone UIs
This stuff is table stakes for any competent ops person and we can spin this whole stack up in our sleep. You do it at every job. It's cheap to run and maintain as well. This isn't to say that Datadog can't be worth it but $40k/mo will get you the whole stack plus 35 hrs/wk each of a senior and junior SRE that can work on other projects.
If you're swimming in cash and want the best at any price then hell yeah do it, DD is unbelievably polished. But if you're at all cost sensitive it's a bit of a catch-22 because if you have enough infrastructure to warrant DD then you likely have an ops team that can do it themselves.
This stuff is table stakes for any competent ops person and we can spin this whole stack up in our sleep. You do it at every job. It's cheap to run and maintain as well. This isn't to say that Datadog can't be worth it but $40k/mo will get you the whole stack plus 35 hrs/wk each of a senior and junior SRE that can work on other projects.
If you're swimming in cash and want the best at any price then hell yeah do it, DD is unbelievably polished. But if you're at all cost sensitive it's a bit of a catch-22 because if you have enough infrastructure to warrant DD then you likely have an ops team that can do it themselves.