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DataStream

Log data at scale to monitor performance of edge compute, DNS, and delivery.

Agile performance monitoring in near real time

Gather critical log data within minutes of activity and stream it from our global edge platform to your endpoints to proactively monitor performance.

With low-latency data you can quickly spot and resolve issues such as traffic degradations, bottlenecks, and potential malicious activity. Plus, you gain valuable, actionable insights that let you make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Applications and infrastructure can be managed more efficiently if you know what’s happening, when it’s happening. Having critical log data in near real time enables you to optimize performance.

How DataStream works

Setup

Setup

Easily configure and activate DataStream with your application or API.

Collect

Collect

DataStream collects log data from your property’s edge activity and sends it to Akamai’s data collection systems.

Streamline

Streamline

The stream uploads logs to the endpoint of your choice within minutes of activity.

Optimize

Optimize

Retrieve, store, and analyze raw log data to monitor and enhance your application’s performance and overall user experience.

Improve visibility into your edge compute, DNS, and delivery performance. Fast.

Consistently access log data at scale

Investigate edge compute, DNS, and delivery issues and use actionable insights to optimize performance

Stay agile with performance monitoring

Monitor edge compute, DNS, and content delivery health, latency, offload, errors, and performance in near real time.

Analyze the edge platform from flexible endpoints

Get insights for edge compute, DNS, and delivery performance with third-party endpoint support and log analysis.

How DataStream keeps you informed

  • Continuously pushes comprehensive log data to public cloud endpoints and analytics providers
  • Delivers low-latency access log data within minutes of activity on the Akamai edge network
  • Offers third-party integrations that support log delivery to popular analytics tools, including public cloud options like AWS S3, Microsoft Azure Blob, Hydrolix TrafficPeak, Splunk, Datadog, and others

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

DataStream enables real-time monitoring, logging, and reporting of web traffic and performance data. It can be used with a variety of Akamai products to enhance performance monitoring and gain valuable insights into your web traffic. Some of the currently supported products and solutions that DataStream can be used with include:

  • Adaptive Media Delivery
  • Download Delivery
  • Object Delivery
  • API Acceleration
  • Ion
  • Dynamic Site Accelerator
  • Cloud Wrapper
  • IP access control list support
  • Midgress data collection
  • Progressive media downloads
  • DNS (both eDNS and GTM)
  • EdgeWorkers

DataStream supports multiple target locations where it can send log file data analysis, including Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, TrafficPeak, Custom HTTPS, Datadog, Elasticsearch, Google Cloud Storage, Loggly, New Relic, Oracle Cloud Storage, Splunk, and Sumo Logic, with more being added every quarter.

With DataStream, you can effortlessly stream logs to third-party destinations, enabling storage, analytics, and enhanced control over your data. For detailed instructions on adding and configuring your preferred destination, refer to our documentation.

DataStream is a log delivery product for all transactional events and associated metrics. You can use SIEM Integration to deliver security logs.

Products that work well with DataStream

EdgeWorkers

Execute JavaScript functions at the edge to optimize site performance and customize web experiences.

Edge DNS

Akamai DNS protects on-prem, cloud, and hybrid DNS while ensuring high availability and performance.

DataStream was the missing piece in the puzzle for our DevOps agility, much needed for fast-moving ecommerce dev shops like ours.

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DataStream Use Cases

Here are some of the common challenges that DataStream can help solve.

Near real-time edge performance monitoring

Near real-time edge performance monitoring

Get the log data needed to manage applications and infrastructure, implement crucial optimizations, and monitor edge compute, DNS, and delivery health to help identify and troubleshoot potential issues.

Large event monitoring

Large event monitoring

Help provide a seamless experience for viewers of live events through 24/7 proactive monitoring and troubleshooting. DataStream is optimized for high-throughput raw data delivery that you can leverage to proactively monitor large-scale live events and media streaming.

Business intelligence and trends

Business intelligence and trends

Aggregate access log data easily through seamless integration with third-party analytics tools to drive insights and trends for informed decision-making. Leverage the analysis for long-term trends and valuable insights for your business based on performance and traffic metrics. You can integrate access and traffic data with third-party analytics tools to make critical decisions more data driven.

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