Yeah, using the trace data to get RPC latency and success/error charts is useful, but that's just another branch off the data-stream. Your metrics system needs

Yeah, using the trace data to get RPC latency and success/error charts is useful, but that's just another branch off the data-stream. Your metrics system needs to inspect every trace, so your database only needs the ability to send you a list. (Jaeger seems to have Kafka support so you can do this in real time. Haven't tried it.)