Edge Delta Observability Architecture Overview

This white paper describes the Edge Delta observability architecture, emphasizing its distributed properties and the challenges it addresses regarding rising data volumes in modern IT environments. The paper outlines the limitations of centralized observability processing, including the complexities and costs associated with managing large volumes of observability data. It details how the Edge Delta architecture, consisting of an agent and a SaaS backend, offers a horizontally scalable solution that processes telemetry at the point of creation. The paper discusses the performance implications of traditional centralized architectures and highlights the increasing complexity organizations face as they attempt to manage observability costs and data growth. Additionally, it presents the Edge Delta agent's capabilities, which allow for optimized performance and distributed processing, ultimately aiming to improve the efficiency of observability data handling and analytics. The paper concludes with a discussion of opportunities for further applications of the Edge Delta architecture.