Add info about limits of using EventDB for metrics #476
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| If you can instrument your architecture to use the OTel Collector, you should use MetricsDB for storing metrics data. If you can’t use the OTel Collector, there are some circumstances when you can still use EventDB for metrics-style workloads: | ||
| If you can send metrics data to Axiom using the OTel Collector, use MetricsDB. | ||
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| If you can’t use the OTel Collector and you want to send metrics data to Axiom, use EventDB if the following are true: |
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| If you can’t use the OTel Collector and you want to send metrics data to Axiom, use EventDB if the following are true: | |
| If you can’t use the OTel Collector or another OTel compatible SDK, and you want to send metrics data to Axiom, use EventDB if the following are true: |
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| ### When to use MetricsDB or EventDB for metrics | ||
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| If you can instrument your architecture to use the OTel Collector, you should use MetricsDB for storing metrics data. If you can’t use the OTel Collector, there are some circumstances when you can still use EventDB for metrics-style workloads: | ||
| If you can send metrics data to Axiom using the OTel Collector, use MetricsDB. |
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| If you can send metrics data to Axiom using the OTel Collector, use MetricsDB. | |
| If you can send metrics data to Axiom using the OTel Collector or any other OTel metrics compatible system or SDK, use MetricsDB. |
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Preview: https://axiom-mano-eventdb-metrics.mintlify.app/query-data/metrics/overview#when-to-use-metricsdb-or-eventdb-for-metrics
Basis: https://watchlyhq.slack.com/archives/C07PLFCEFM5/p1763585917239349