> Metrics and tracing are actually just special cases of any normal log stream. Theoretically perhaps, but for high-volume metrics (think counters in a tight l

> Metrics and tracing are actually just special cases of any normal log stream. Theoretically perhaps, but for high-volume metrics (think counters in a tight loop), you really want some form or pre-aggregation in memory before flushing out to disk or network. If you look at the Prometheus model for example, there's no flushing to disk or network at all, but rather a Prometheus server scraping from hosts on demand.