VictoriaMetrics: From Monitoring to Observability - OpenObservability Talks S6E10

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the evolution of VictoriaMetrics from monitoring to observability with co-founder Roman Khavronenko.

VictoriaMetrics is a fascinating open source project for metrics monitoring. In the past couple of years the project has expanded its scope from monitoring to observability, with the addition of VictoriaLogs and VictoriaTraces to the stack. In this episode, Horovits sits for a fireside chat with co-founder and Engineering Manager, Roman Khavronenko, to learn more about it. They discuss the transition, the new projects added to the stack, design considerations, and what’s coming next. Roman is a software engineer with experience in distributed systems, monitoring and high-performance services. Prior to VictoriaMetrics, Roman worked as an engineer at Cloudflare. You can read the recap post: https://medium.com/p/1069cec7892e Resources: VictoriaMetrics on GitHub: https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics VictoriaLogs explainer: https://victoriametrics.com/blog/victorialogs-architecture-basics/ OpenObservability Talks episode with VictoriaMetrics co-founder and CTO Aliaksandr Valialkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-58C8HFGb8&list=PLPFMHjhoDntve1gm-d5yi0YDBH5VEPaHN&index=37 Socials: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/openobservability.bsky.social X (Twitter)…

People in this episode

Host: Dotan Horovits

Guest: Roman Khavronenko

Topics covered

• metrics monitoring
• observability
• software engineering
• distributed systems
• high-performance services

Keywords

• VictoriaMetrics
• observability
• monitoring
• VictoriaLogs
• VictoriaTraces
• software engineering
• distributed systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VictoriaMetrics, Cloudflare, GitHub, YouTube, LinkedIn, BlueSky

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