Observability and Visualizing Data with Grafana

Feb 28, 2024

Ronald McCollum discusses the evolution of observability tools and Grafana's role in data visualization. How Grafana fits in cloud-native observability stacks and the cultural changes required for data visualization. Exploring AI, automation, and observability in cloud infrastructure, with insights on getting started with Grafana for effective signal monitoring.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Evolution of Observability Tools and the Importance of SLAs

04:11 • 12min

Evolution of Grafana into a Comprehensive Observability Platform

15:53 • 3min

AI, Automation, and Observability in Cloud Infrastructure

18:29 • 5min

Getting Started with Grafana

23:53 • 4min

Ronald McCollum (@RonaldMcCollam, Solutions Engineering @GrafanaLabs) talks about updates in the observability space and learning more about Grafana and data visualization.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before diving into today’s discussion, tell us a little about your background.

Topic 2 - We last talked about Grafana back in 2019 and 2020. Observability continues to be a hot topic, how are you seeing the open-source community and open-source tools evolve in this space?

Topic 3 - We always hear about Grafana as a visualization tool. Grafana AND something (Grafana and Prometheus, Grafana and (insert logging/observability tool here). Is that still a fair assessment? Where does Grafana fit in a modern cloud-native observability stack these days?

Topic 4 - When you are speaking to folks out there, where does the data visualization story resonate the most in the organization, and does it become at times political and cultural (meaning cultural changes need to happen)? There can be an ROI/Business case to be made; developers integrations that will need to happen, SRE operations changes, etc. How do you get something that likely spans many different parts of the organization on board?

Topic 5 - Anytime I think about observability I think in two stages. Identification of the problem and resolution of the problem. Some tools address one or the other, and some attempt to do both. Where does Grafana fit on this continuum?

Topic 6 - I have to ask the AI question. How has AI changed or in your opinion will change observability and visualization in the near future?

Topic 7 - You’ve literally written the book on Grafana so this is a softball question. For those who are interested, how would you recommend they get started with Grafana

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