What is Grail in Dynatrace used for?

Grail in Dynatrace is a data lakehouse designed for real-time analytics. This innovative platform allows users to store vast amounts of telemetry data and perform complex queries on that data at scale. Essentially, it combines the capabilities of a data lake, which can handle large volumes of diverse data, with the advantages of a data warehouse, enabling efficient real-time analysis. Users can run queries across various data types, thereby gaining insights that help in monitoring the performance of applications and infrastructure, improving observability, and enabling advanced analytics capabilities.

The choice of Grail as a data lakehouse highlights its role in supporting granular data analysis and real-time decision-making, which is critical in modern observability and monitoring scenarios. This capability allows organizations to leverage their data effectively, leading to enhanced insights and proactive issue resolution.