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Monitor systemd with Datadog


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The article details how Netflix improved the efficiency of collecting and processing live process metrics by 100x. They achieved this by moving from collecting detailed, high-cardinality metrics to aggregating data at the source and sending only summaries, effectively "scaling down" data volume to "speed up" processing. This shift allowed for faster alerting and better observability without overwhelming their systems.
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