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Dynamic sampling rates
May 17, 2019
Liz Fong-Jones

Liz Fong-Jones

Dynamic Sampling by Example

Last week, Rachel published a guide describing the advantages of dynamic sampling. In it, we discussed varying sample rates to achieve a target collection rate overall, and having different sample rates for distinct kinds…

Instrumentation
Sampling
Software Engineering
bold-strategy
May 9, 2019
Rachel Perkins

Rachel Perkins

The New Rules of Sampling

One of the most common questions we get at Honeycomb is about how to control costs while still achieving the level of observability needed to debug, troubleshoot, and understand what is happening in production….

Metrics
Sampling
thinking-bee
April 25, 2019
Rachel Perkins

Rachel Perkins

Metrics vs Events: A Conversation About Controlling Volume

If I’m used to metrics, how should I think about events in Honeycomb? This question cuts to the heart of how Honeycomb is different from other vendors in the APM and metrics space who…

Events
Metrics
Sampling