Observability Standardization: The Elephant in the Room - DevOps 2024

Explore a comprehensive conference talk on observability standardization in DevOps, delivered at Conf42 DevOps 2024. Delve into the challenges of typical observability setups and their impact on engineers' daily work. Examine current standardization efforts and their limitations. Learn about Netdata's approach to observability, including its benefits, ease of installation, distributed monitoring capabilities, and comparison with Prometheus. Discover how Netdata leverages machine learning for observability, its scoring engine, and dashboard standardization. Gain insights into Netdata's charts, anomaly advisor, and key highlights for improving DevOps practices through enhanced observability solutions.

intro
preamble
a typical observability setup
what does this mean for engineers?
the result: this is how we spend our days
wait! we are trying to standardize monitoring...
of course we do! do you remember this? this is what we standardize!
so, the elephant in the room
devops is a...
in other words
what we see out there
netdata
- we have a lot in common
- the benefits
- install it mid-crisis
- distributed monitoring
netdata vs prometheus
netdata is the most power efficient platform!
ai for observability is tricky
what does netdata do with machine learning?
netdata's scoring engine
dashboard standardization
a netdata chart
anomaly advisor
highlights
thank you!