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I think you'd find that Prometheus is way behind a number of solutions in the corporate world, including Graphite, DogStatsD, etc. Popularity on HN does not tra

I think you'd find that Prometheus is way behind a number of solutions in the corporate world, including Graphite, DogStatsD, etc. Popularity on HN does not translate to real world popularity.

vb-8448 3y ago
Most of the companies in the corporate world have more than a monitoring system, at least 3 in my experience: sysadmins have at least one, network guys another one and one for legacy platforms (mainframes, as400 and so on). Plus, in the last years with the rise of Kubernetes, most corporates have at least one cluster with Prometheus monitoring it. Always, base on my experience, Prometheus is very popular, but the adoption is not so wide due to its `oss nature`: CTOs want someone to blame when things go wrong.
hagen1778 3y ago
That's only a matter of time when they hire younger engineers who are familiar with modern monitoring systems and eager to apply their knowledge in practice.
- manicennui 3y ago
  What is it that you think prometheus offers over other solutions? It is more likely that the younger engineer is going to learn that companies don't care about what is popular on HN.
  - hagen1778 3y ago
    > What is it that you think prometheus offers over other solutions? I like Prometheus and think this is a great piece of software. But even if we won't go into actual details, Prometheus is baked in into Kubernetes monitoring [0]. That's the first monitoring system young engineers will meet with when learning k8s. Although, k8s and Prometheus are both CNCF projects which means both of them will be promoted in synergy with each other. > It is more likely that the younger engineer is going to learn that companies don't care about what is popular on HN. This is not what I think younger engineers do :) [0] https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug/debug-cluster/resource-usage-monitoring/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug/debug-cluster/resourc...
kiitos 3y ago
In the year of our lord 2023, Graphite, Statsd, etc. are anachronisms. Prometheus is wildly superior to those tools.

I think you'd find that Prometheus is way behind a number of solutions in the corporate world, including Graphite, DogStatsD, etc. Popularity on HN does not translate to real world popularity.

vb-8448 3y ago

Most of the companies in the corporate world have more than a monitoring system, at least 3 in my experience: sysadmins have at least one, network guys another one and one for legacy platforms (mainframes, as400 and so on). Plus, in the last years with the rise of Kubernetes, most corporates have at least one cluster with Prometheus monitoring it. Always, base on my experience, Prometheus is very popular, but the adoption is not so wide due to its `oss nature`: CTOs want someone to blame when things go wrong.

hagen1778 3y ago

That's only a matter of time when they hire younger engineers who are familiar with modern monitoring systems and eager to apply their knowledge in practice.

manicennui 3y ago
What is it that you think prometheus offers over other solutions? It is more likely that the younger engineer is going to learn that companies don't care about what is popular on HN.
- hagen1778 3y ago
  > What is it that you think prometheus offers over other solutions? I like Prometheus and think this is a great piece of software. But even if we won't go into actual details, Prometheus is baked in into Kubernetes monitoring [0]. That's the first monitoring system young engineers will meet with when learning k8s. Although, k8s and Prometheus are both CNCF projects which means both of them will be promoted in synergy with each other. > It is more likely that the younger engineer is going to learn that companies don't care about what is popular on HN. This is not what I think younger engineers do :) [0] https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug/debug-cluster/resource-usage-monitoring/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug/debug-cluster/resourc...

kiitos 3y ago

In the year of our lord 2023, Graphite, Statsd, etc. are anachronisms. Prometheus is wildly superior to those tools.