Those who need time-series monitoring in databases but have no appetite for setting up and maintaining the underlying infrastructure can now turn to VictoriaMetrics Cloud, a new (closed-source) service from this supplier of monitoring solutions.
VictoriaMetrics Cloud promises to do everything the originally Ukrainian company’s existing open-source suite does, but then done in the cloud. That means admins can outsource the work to maintain the IT infrastructure needed for time-series monitoring. Instead, they can focus much more on the primary reason such databases exist: supplying stakeholders with insight into data points over time.
The company claims that the open-source version of its solution –locally hosted– has already been downloaded 750 million times. Moving this monitoring software to the cloud would ultimately be five times cheaper for companies than staying on-premises, according to feedback from early birds who have already started using the solution.
Efficient and scalable
VictoriaMetrics uses a time-series format with very high compression, saving customers storage space. Processing data and firing queries is also extremely efficient, with relatively little CPU power required, keeping costs down. Doing all this in the cloud also makes the service much more scalable. Admins no longer have to add nodes and allocate resources themselves.
VictoriaMetrics’ new cloud service comes in several tiered subscriptions, starting at the starter tier and going up to large enterprise tiers for companies with gigantic data sets. The company also guarantees seamless integration with the hosted monitoring platform Grafana Cloud. VictoriaMetrics Cloud should also integrate with other services, such as OpenTelemetry.
Returning to on-prem is also possible
Despite the closed-source approach, IT admins can still build their own custom monitoring tools around the package. They can also easily revert to the open-source on-premises variant if desired.
The company is also taking its first steps in enterprise-wide observability with VictoriaLogs. This promises to be an easy-to-use open-source solution for managing logs and their associated analysis. It should also be lightweight and easy to use.
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