Datadog Fundamentals free question 8 / 10 · Domain 4: Data Collection
What does DogStatsD accept over UDP?
- Agent configuration files such as datadog.yaml
- Dashboard definitions written in JSON
- Custom metrics, events, and service checks
- Monitor configurations and thresholds
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Answer: C
Why this is correct
The How it works section says: "DogStatsD accepts custom metrics, events, and service checks over UDP and periodically aggregates and forwards them to Datadog."
Why the other options are wrong
"Dashboard definitions written in JSON" … Dashboards are defined in the Datadog application or through its API. DogStatsD does not take them.
"Monitor configurations and thresholds" … Monitors are configured in the Datadog application or through its API. They are not sent to DogStatsD.
"Agent configuration files such as datadog.yaml" … The Agent configuration is read from files such as datadog.yaml. DogStatsD only receives telemetry data.
Key point
DogStatsD aggregates multiple data points for each unique metric into a single data point over the flush interval, which is 10 seconds. The number of points you send is therefore not the number of points stored.
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