Comparing build versus buy decision points
With so many available options, you will face the build versus buy dilemma, and you will need to create a structured methodology that helps you make a decision aligning with your organization’s needs, capabilities, and strategic goals.
In this section, we will provide a comprehensive approach to analyzing your decision, starting from what we discussed previously in this chapter.
Unsurprisingly, the first recommended step is to start by collecting and analyzing your network observability requirements, functional and non-functional.
Defining requirements
The functional requirements identify what an observability system should do for an organization. Some example functional requirements for an observability platform include the following:
- How frequently do we need to collect new data? Maybe real-time monitoring, using model-driven telemetry or SNMP polling every two minutes?
- What requirements are there to transform...
