Summary

As I mentioned at the start of this chapter, Sysdig is probably one of the most powerful tools I have come across in recent years.

Part of its power is the way that it exposes a lot of information and metrics in a way that never feels overwhelming. It's clear that the developers have spent a lot of time ensuring that both the UI and the way that commands are structured feel natural and instantly understandable, even by the newest member of an operations team.

The only downside is that, unless you want to view the information in real time or look into a problem in development storing the amount of data that is being generated by Sysdig, it can be quite costly in terms of disc space being used.

This is something that Sysdig has recognized, and to help with this, the company offers a cloud-based commercial service called Sysdig Cloud for you to stream your Sysdig data into. In the next chapter, we will look at this service and also some of its competitors.