How to Tackle Spiraling Observability Costs

As businesses increasingly depend on digital services, the demand for effective observability to quickly resolve production issues has grown, leading to high costs due to large volumes of telemetry data. These costs stem from the processing and storage of data, with much of it being unnecessary or only occasionally needed. Common strategies like reducing data collection or switching to open-source tools can compromise visibility and efficiency. The text suggests alternative strategies that focus on optimizing data by removing unused data, transforming logs into metrics, and improving data storage efficiency using a hot-warm-cold architecture. By understanding and categorizing data based on its necessity, organizations can decrease their computing footprint and costs while maintaining essential observability features, as demonstrated by Logz.io's approach, which reportedly reduces costs by up to 50% without losing visibility.