Enhanced Governance and Compliance
Gaining greater control over data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
Meeting regulatory requirements (e.g., local UAE regulatory compliance) is primary may demand that data is stored within specific geographical locations or infrastructure under your control.
Data Ownership and Control
Maintaining complete ownership of all observability data.
Should gives us ability to manage data, retention policies, and access and privacy. And implementation of end to end data life cycle.
Meeting Customer Expectations
Addressing customer concerns regarding data privacy and security.Should be able to achieve/address customer expectations and their concerns in keeping their data secure and maintaining data privacy.
Cost Optimization
Shifting from an OPEX to a CAPEX model for observability infrastructure as the subscription based models costs high due to high with volume of logs,application data streams.
Unlike the subscription based models like datadog, A self-hosted ELK stack shifts the cost model from OPEX to CAPEX (capital expenditure) for infrastructure, offering potential long-term cost savings, especially with substantial data volumes. This decision implies an investment in internal expertise for managing the ELK stack.
Avoiding Vendor/data Lock-in
Gaining flexibility in choosing observability tools and technologies.
It allows us with the freedom to own and manage out own data life cycle, customize the stack, integrate with other open-source tools, and switch vendors if needed.