How Streaming Telemetry Improves Modern Network Monitoring
Why Streaming Telemetry Is Revolutionizing Network Observability
Almost forty years ago, SNMP became the backbone of network monitoring. Most routers, switches, and firewalls deployed today still support this protocol. And many engineers think it will remain the optimal technology for monitoring networks in the years to come.
I don't think so.
SNMP remains a critical tool, but it doesn't fully match the networks of today.
Applications generate huge volumes of traffic, cloud infrastructure changes constantly, and engineering teams expect alerts within seconds instead of minutes.
That is why streaming telemetry is becoming one of the major changes in network observability. In this article, I'll explain why more engineering teams are starting to use streaming telemetry, in which cases SNMP can still work perfectly, and why the future is likely to be a combination of both.
Problems with SNMP
SNMP works by polling network devices at regular intervals.
Every few minutes,...
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