From b46aecd752936d9f54b0f0f5059ae4a7f33ac64b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thorsten Essig Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 16:57:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: adopt loki --- radar/2023-09-01/loki.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 radar/2023-09-01/loki.md diff --git a/radar/2023-09-01/loki.md b/radar/2023-09-01/loki.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e4d9af0 --- /dev/null +++ b/radar/2023-09-01/loki.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: "Loki" +ring: adopt +quadrant: platforms-and-aoe-services +featured: true +tags: [ devops ] +--- + +After very good experiences so far, we replaced our ELK stacks with Loki mainly for the following reasons: + +* Loki is significantly cheaper than the storage requirements of Elasticsearch used in the ELK stack. +* The PromQL-like query language that is familiar to users of Prometheus, makes it easier for DevOps and SRE teams who + are already using Prometheus for monitoring to work with logs. +* Loki's native integration with kubernetes simplifies the setup and configuration process. +* Loki typically requires less maintenance and overhead compared to ELK.