Core Concepts · How it works
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How it works
The Three Pillars
Metrics
- Numeric measurements over time
- Aggregatable, low cardinality
- Examples: CPU usage, request count, error rate
Logs
- Timestamped text records
- High cardinality, detailed context
- Examples: Application logs, audit logs
Traces
- Request flow across services
- Distributed context propagation
- Examples: End-to-end request tracking