Discarding gRPC-Go: The Story Behind OTLP/gRPC Support in VictoriaTraces
Why did VictoriaTraces build gRPC support without using gRPC-Go? And what are the benefits of adopting a simple HTTP/2 server and easyproto?
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Full-Stack Observability with VictoriaMetrics in the OTel Demo
The OpenTelemetry Astronomy Shop demo has long served as a reference environment for exploring observability in distributed systems, but until now it shipped with only a Prometheus datasource. VictoriaMetrics forked the demo and extended it with VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs, and VictoriaTraces, providing insights into VictoriaMetrics’ observability stack where metrics, logs, and traces flow into a unified backend.
Developer's Note: Research on Distributed Tracing, Comparing With Tempo and ClickHouse
When it comes to observability, people often refer to its three pillars: metrics, tracing, and logging. At VictoriaMetrics, we already have solutions for metrics and logging. Throughout these years, we’ve heard a common question from the community: When will VictoriaTraces be released? If you are interested in this topic, then this blog post is for you. We’ll share the results of our research into distributed tracing and explore two key questions: Will there be a VictoriaTraces? And how competitive could it be?