Find below a summary of Datadog data collection, resolution, and retention:
| Source | Collection Methods | Collection interval | Minimum Resolution | Default Retention | Product Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System metrics | Datadog Agent | 15 seconds | 1 second | 15 months | Infrastructure |
| Agent integrations | Datadog Agent + enabled integrations | 15 seconds | 1 second | 15 months | Infrastructure |
| Live Containers | Datadog Agent + enabled Docker integration or Datadog container Agent | 2 seconds | 1 second | 36 hours | Infrastructure |
| Live Processes | Datadog Agent + Process Agent | 2 seconds | 1 second | 36 hours | Infrastructure |
| Custom Metrics (Agent check) | Datadog Agent + custom Agent check | 15 seconds | 1 second | 15 months | Infrastructure |
| Custom Metrics (StatsD) | Datadog Agent (built-in statsD collector) | 15 seconds | 1 second | 15 months | Infrastructure |
| Custom Metrics (API) | POST directly to Datadog’s API | Real time | 1 second | 15 months | Infrastructure |
| Events | Datadog Agent, integrations, or API | Real time | 1 second | 13 months | Infrastructure |
| Traces (Sampled) | Datadog Agent + tracing library | 10 seconds | 1 millisecond | 15 days. Viewed traces are retained long-term. See Trace Storage for details. | APM |
| Trace Metrics (Unsampled) | Datadog Agent + tracing library | 10 seconds | 1 second | 15 months | APM |
| Services/Resources statistics & Span Summaries | Datadog Agent + tracing library | 10 seconds | 10 seconds | 30 days | APM |
| Indexed Spans (Unsampled) | Datadog Agent + tracing library | 10 seconds | 1 millisecond | Plan | APM |
| Profiles | Datadog Agent + tracing library | 60 seconds | 60 seconds | 7 days | APM |
| Profile Metrics | Datadog Agent + tracing library | 60 seconds | 60 seconds | 1 month | APM |
| Logs | Datadog Agent + Logs, 3rd party log collectors, or API | Real time | 1 millisecond | Plan | Logs |
| API Test metrics | Datadog Synthetic Monitoing application | User-defined | 1 min | 15 months | Synthetic Monitoring |
| API Test results | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring application | User-defined | 1 min | Result seen in the UI by user: 15 months Result not seen in the UI by user: 2 months | Synthetic Monitoring |
| Browser Test metrics | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring application | User-defined | 5 min | 15 months | Synthetic Monitoring |
| Browser Test results | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring application | User-defined | 5 min | Result seen in the UI by user: 15 months Result not seen in the UI by user: 2 months | Synthetic Monitoring |
| Alibaba | API crawler | 10 min (default) | 1 min | 15 months | Cloud |
| AWS | API crawler | 10 min (default) | 1 min | 15 months | Cloud |
| Azure | API crawler | 5 min (default) | 1 min | 15 months | Cloud |
| Google Cloud | API crawler | 5 min (default) | 1 min | 15 months | Cloud |
| Network Performance Monitoring | System Probe | 5 minutes (default) | 1 min | 7 days | Infrastructure |
| Real User Monitoring | RUM SDK | Real time | 1 millisecond | 15 days | Real User Monitoring |
| Service Level Objectives | Datadog Monitors, Datadog Synthetic Monitoring, or Metrics (Infrastructure, APM Trace, Custom) | Data source-dependent | Data source-dependent | 7, 30, or 90 days (chosen by user in SLO configuration) | Alerting |
| Security Signals | Datadog Security Monitoring | Real time | 1 millisecond | 15 months | Security Monitoring |
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