Grafana Tempo: High-Scale Distributed Tracing Backend

Grafana Tempo is an open source, high-scale distributed tracing backend designed to efficiently handle large volumes of trace data. It operates with minimal dependencies, requiring only object storage, and integrates seamlessly with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.

Key features include:

• Intuitive Trace Analysis - Easily identify slow or error-prone traces through point-and-click interactions.
• RED Metrics Overview - Utilize Rate, Errors, and Duration metrics to highlight performance issues.
• Automated Comparison - Automatically identify problematic attributes through trace comparisons.
• Simplified Visualizations - Access rich visual data without the need for complex TraceQL queries.

Grafana Tempo supports various formats including Jaeger, Zipkin, Kafka, and OpenTelemetry, making it a robust and versatile solution for distributed tracing.