Scaling OpenTelemetry for Modern Workloads - From Mobile to Mainframe

Learn how to scale OpenTelemetry for comprehensive observability across modern workloads in this 26-minute conference talk from CNCF. Discover techniques for bridging observability gaps in Kubernetes and microservices architectures, with practical insights on integrating OpenTelemetry across complex infrastructures from mobile devices to mainframe systems. Explore how to unify observability across both mainframe and distributed applications in a single pane of glass, and examine proven scaling techniques for high-cardinality environments. Gain insights into real-world performance achievements including scaling the OpenTelemetry Collector to handle 3 million metric points per second, managing 250 million unique metrics per day, and processing 0.5 million spans per second, making this essential viewing for organizations seeking to implement observability at scale in cloud-native environments.