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Kubernetes State Metrics Collection

Kubernetes State Metrics Collection

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2021

Datadog contributed to kube-state-metrics to improve its scalability and extensibility. This involved refactoring the metric generation process to be more efficient, reducing collection duration by 15x and enabling more granular data collection at high scale. The contribution focused on improving the core KSM library to handle large Kubernetes clusters more effectively.

2021

Our journey taking Kubernetes state metrics to the next level | Datadog

10/15/2021

Datadog contributed to the kube-state-metrics (KSM) project by refactoring its metric collection process. This involved improving the efficiency of the KSM Builder and its underlying stores, leading to a 15x reduction in metrics collection duration and enabling the collection of more granular data at scale. The changes were aimed at addressing challenges in scaling KSM for large Kubernetes environments.