Multiple modes of storing and querying trace data in a microservices-based architecture

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method of analyzing performance of services in a microservices-based application by a first analysis mode of a plurality of analysis modes, the method comprising:

• generating a plurality of traces from a plurality of spans associated with a microservices-based application and ingested during a given time duration;
• indexing a plurality of tags from the plurality of traces;
• collecting a plurality of span pairs from the plurality of traces, wherein each span pair of the plurality of span pairs is associated with a call between two services in the microservices-based application;
• mapping at least one indexed tag from the plurality of tags for each span in each span pair of the plurality of span pairs to tag attributes, wherein the tag attributes indicate a directionality of dependency for a respective call between services within a respective span pair;
• maintaining one or more counts for each occurrence of a unique set of tag attributes associated with each span pair of the plurality of span pairs;
• aggregating respective counts associated with each span pair of the plurality of span pairs;
• and
• servicing a user query based on the aggregating.

A system for performing a method of analyzing performance of services in a microservices-based application by a first analysis mode of a plurality of analysis modes, the system comprising:

• a processing device communicatively coupled with a memory and configured to:
• generate a plurality of traces from a plurality of spans associated with a microservices-based application and ingested during a given time duration;
• index a plurality of tags from the plurality of traces;
• collect a plurality of span pairs from the plurality of traces, wherein each span pair of the plurality of span pairs is associated with a call between two services in the microservices-based application;
• map at least one indexed tag from the plurality of tags for each span in each span pair of the plurality of span pairs to tag attributes, wherein the tag attributes indicate a directionality of dependency for a respective call between services within a respective span pair;
• maintain one or more counts for each occurrence of a unique set of tag attributes associated with each span pair of the plurality of span pairs;
• and
• aggregate respective counts associated with each span pair of the plurality of span pairs to service a user query.