Developers want enough traces from the 311 app to debug issues without paying to store every request forever. Which design trade-off should ops apply?
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Short Explanation
Tracing every leaf that falls would fill the warehouse—and the budget. Sampling keeps enough request paths to debug 311 issues without forever-storing every click. Observability that bankrupts storage isn’t sustainable ops.
Full Explanation
Tracing volume and retention drive observability cost; sampling balances diagnostic value against storage and ingest spend. Retaining every request indefinitely is rarely necessary for debugging and can overwhelm budgets. Operators should configure sampling and retention policies that still support investigation of municipal application issues.