Posts tagged “Fleet Management”

7 posts

A machined manifold where four differently-sized intake ports converge into a single blue-marked discharge line

One Agent to Rule Them All

A forwarder, a Datadog Agent and a OneAgent on every host. How to consolidate monitoring agents into one OpenTelemetry Collector — and what you lose.

Roman HüslerSep 25, 202613 min read

A row of industrial storage vessels of varying size, each fitted with an analog gauge; only the tallest vessel's gauge is lit, its needle deep in the uppermost sector, while the others sit dark and calm.

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OpenTelemetryObservability

OpenTelemetry Collector Sizing

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Most sizing guides get CPU right and memory wrong. A ratio-based method for sizing an OpenTelemetry gateway, and why scaling out won't fix memory.

Roman HüslerSep 18, 202613 min read

A wide machined intake mouth at the head of a line, open and clear, its bore running away into darkness

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OpenTelemetryObservability

OTel Collector Onboarding

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Fleet management pushes configuration out to collectors. Getting telemetry in is the other half of the job — and it is where the hours actually go.

Philippe BraxmeierSep 13, 20269 min read

A control cabinet bolted to its own concrete plinth, its conduit running down into the same slab

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OpenTelemetryObservability

Bindplane vs LinkMesh

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Bindplane and LinkMesh both manage OpenTelemetry collector fleets over OpAMP. Where the control plane runs is what actually separates them.

Philippe BraxmeierSep 10, 202610 min read

One standard flange face on a bench, surrounded in order by the several older patterns it replaces

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OpenTelemetryFleet Management

Standard or Burden?

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Both. Adopting OpenTelemetry trades vendor lock-in for fleet operations. What that burden actually consists of, and which parts are avoidable.

Philippe BraxmeierAug 4, 20265 min read

A bank of conduits passing through a sealed wall penetration, dressed and clamped on the near side

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OpenTelemetryObservability

Grafana Fleet Management vs LinkMesh

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Grafana Fleet Management went GA for upstream OTel Collectors in July 2026. Where your control plane runs is the question that decides between them.

Philippe BraxmeierJul 31, 20269 min read

Five identical wind turbine nacelles seen compressed by a long lens, all turned to the same bearing

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OpenTelemetryFleet Management

Collector Fleet Management

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Running one Collector is easy; running a fleet is a discipline. Drift, version skew and blind rollouts — and how to manage them from one control plane.

Philippe BraxmeierJul 14, 20267 min read