Ingesting 6.5 TB of Telemetry Data Daily Through Open Telemetry Protocol and Collectors

Explore a comprehensive conference talk detailing VTEX's transition from a single vendor to a full Open Telemetry protocol solution, managing 6.5 terabytes of daily telemetry data. Discover the entire architecture, tradeoffs, and methods for instrumenting applications company-wide, scaling OTEL Collectors, centralizing visualization, extending collector code, and ensuring resiliency. Learn how Open Telemetry modernized VTEX's Observability stack, enabling vendor flexibility without impacting instrumented code and accelerating engineering processes. Gain insights into how this solution reduced Observability costs by 40% while providing a modern, safer, and more efficient way for engineers to observe applications at scale. Benefit from VTEX's experience in implementing cutting-edge CNCF community solutions for large-scale telemetry data management.