Problem
Telemetry ingestion has a direct cost.
What I did
- Applied drop filters to cut the data that was being ingested.
- Automated the changes through the NerdGraph API.
Result
- About 34% less New Relic ingestion volume.
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Observability cost reduction
Reduced New Relic telemetry ingestion by about 34% using drop filters and NerdGraph API automation, during my co-op.
- Role
- Engineer (co-op)
- Status
- In production
New Relic · NerdGraph
- ~34% reduction
- New Relic ingestion volume