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A Tactical Field Guide to Optimizing APM Bills
In early 2022, Reddit user “engineerL” https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/udgohy/there_is_no_such_thing_as_too_much_logging_or_is/ in which a team in his company managed to accidentally spend $100,000 on Azure Log Analytics over the course of only a few days. This specific incident is most likely an unfortunate anomaly in that organization’s logging bill.
There are three major routes for reducing a logging bill: Replacing reproducible logs with dynamic logs Performing a log audit Optimizing logging
The best way to start reducing overall log volume is to replace so-called reproducible logs with dynamic logs.
Below we’ve collected a few examples of logs that should — and should not — be replaced with dynamic logging: Examples of Reproducible Logs That Can Be Replaced with Dynamic Logging
There are three major routes for reducing a logging bill: Replacing reproducible logs with dynamic logs Performing a log audit Optimizing logging
The best way to start reducing overall log volume is to replace so-called reproducible logs with dynamic logs.
Below we’ve collected a few examples of logs that should — and should not — be replaced with dynamic logging: Examples of Reproducible Logs That Can Be Replaced with Dynamic Logging
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