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There are reasons for push-vs-pull but one huge advantage of pull vs push is that you're less likely to get overwhelmed by useless metrics. You have to make a v
by hangonhn 8y ago
There are reasons for push-vs-pull but one huge advantage of pull vs push is that you're less likely to get overwhelmed by useless metrics. You have to make a very deliberate decision to take the metrics you want. It also makes sense that the observer decides what to observe.
Also, if you really, really want push, there's always the push gateway in the Prometheus tool kit. Also, you can use Telegraf from InfluxDB with Prometheus.
- postwait 8y agoI think this misrepresents the pull vs. push issue. I wrote something up two years about this that was pretty well received. https://www.circonus.com/2016/06/pully-mcpushface/ https://www.circonus.com/2016/06/pully-mcpushface/
- hangonhn 8y agoThanks for that amazing insight! Super helpful. I like how you framed your thinking.