Managing Data Volume

What is Refinery?
Refinery is a tail-based sampling proxy and operates at the level of an entire trace. Refinery examines whole traces and intelligently applies sampling deci...
Tue, 3 Oct, 2023 at 12:05 PM
Refinery Unexpectedly Dropping Data
Refinery emits metrics about spans received and dropped. Information on the metrics is available here: https://docs.honeycomb.io/manage-data-volume/sample/h...
Fri, 6 Sep, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I got a message saying my events are being "throttled." What gives?
Honeycomb engages event throttling as a last resort, when an account has exceeded its events per month (EPM) limit for two months in a row.  Before to r...
Fri, 6 Jan, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Refinery’s EMAThroughputSampler consistently runs at a rate above goal throughout
Problem Description: Refinery’s EMAThroughputSampler is not adhering to the specified GoalThroughputPerSec limit. The problem persists even after reduci...
Wed, 5 Jun, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Too Many Metrics after Enabling OpenTelemetry on Kubernete's
If you have recently configured the OpenTelemetery collector for your Kubernetes cluster, perhaps using our documentation here and are getting a lot more ev...
Wed, 5 Jun, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Error 405 when connecting to Honeycomb or Refinery
HTTP has a status code "405" for when a method isn't allowed by a server. In situations with proxies such as Kubernetes services, load bal...
Mon, 28 Oct, 2024 at 1:33 PM
How to sample traces based on span count in Honeycomb Refinery
When dealing with large traces that contain an excessive number of spans, it can be beneficial to sample or drop these traces to prevent performance issues ...
Tue, 25 Mar, 2025 at 9:05 AM