The Growing Complexity of Digital Infrastructure
Today's applications aren't just websites anymore. They're distributed systems with microservices, containers, and cloud-native architectures that span multiple regions. Traditional monitoring tools struggle to keep up with this complexity.
Think about it: when your e-commerce site goes down during Black Friday, you need answers fast. Was it the payment service? Database connection pool? Or maybe that new deployment from yesterday?
Beyond Simple Metrics: The Three Pillars Approach
Modern observability requires what we call the "holy trinity":
- Metrics for system health indicators
- Logs for detailed event records
- Traces for request flow visualization
GreptimeDB addresses this challenge by unifying all three data types in a single platform. Instead of juggling separate tools for each pillar, teams can correlate issues across metrics, logs, and traces using familiar SQL queries.
Real Performance Impact
Our JSONBench evaluation showed GreptimeDB ranking 1st in cold runs - that's when your system needs to process fresh data without cache assistance. This matters because most troubleshooting scenarios involve analyzing recent, uncached data.
The Cost Reality Check
Here's what most vendors won't tell you: observability data storage costs can quickly spiral out of control. Medium-sized companies often generate TB-scale monitoring data daily.
Object storage integration in GreptimeDB reduces costs by 3-5x compared to traditional block storage, while maintaining query performance through intelligent caching layers.
Getting Started with Unified Observability
Ready to consolidate your monitoring stack? GreptimeDB's cloud-native architecture supports both self-hosted and fully managed deployments. Whether you're running Kubernetes clusters or traditional VMs, the transition is straightforward.
Start with our GreptimeCloud free tier to experience unified observability without deployment overhead.
About Greptime
GreptimeDB is an open-source, cloud-native database purpose-built for real-time observability. Built in Rust and optimized for cloud-native environments, it provides unified storage and processing for metrics, logs, and traces—delivering sub-second insights from edge to cloud —at any scale.
GreptimeDB OSS – The open-sourced database for small to medium-scale observability and IoT use cases, ideal for personal projects or dev/test environments.
GreptimeDB Enterprise – A robust observability database with enhanced security, high availability, and enterprise-grade support.
GreptimeCloud – A fully managed, serverless DBaaS with elastic scaling and zero operational overhead. Built for teams that need speed, flexibility, and ease of use out of the box.
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