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Decide on Datadog/New Relic Log Forwarding Requirements

Context and Problem Statement​

Datadog/New Relic supports log ingestion, but it can be costly. Some companies prefer to use in-place tooling like Splunk or Sumologic instead.

Considered Options​

Option 1 (Recommended) - Use Datadog/New Relic​

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Our Recommendation is to use Option 1 because you get a single pane of glass view into all operations

Option 2 - Other​

Pros​

  • Tightly integrated with your existing systems

  • Possible lower cost to operate that Datadog/New Relic

Cons​

  • We cannot assist with the implementation aside from forwarding logs using something like fluentd or fluentbit