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Circa: Re-imagining Network Telemetry from an Approximation-First Perspective

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference: Posters and Demos (August 2024).

Milind Srivastava, Vyas Sekar

Carnegie Mellon University

http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/

Telemetry systems are widely used to collect data from distributed endpoints, analyze data in conjunction to gain valuable insights, and store data for historical analytics. These systems consist of four stages (Figure 1): collection, transmission, analysis, and storage. Collectors at the endpoint collect various types of data, which is then transmitted to a central server for analysis. This data is used for multiple downstream tasks, such as dashboard monitoring and anomaly detection. Finally, this data is stored in long-term storage to aid retrospective analytics and debugging.

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