Cost-effective Metadata Logging for Cloud Composer Tasks

Key Highlights

  • Metadata logging importance: Understand the significance of metadata logging and why businesses favor Cloud Composer for orchestrating data pipelines.
  • Cloud composer logs: Explore the Airflow logs used by Cloud Composer and the challenges associated with logging costs.
  • Cost-effective solution: Learn about the proposed solution architecture utilizing Cloud Functions and Pub/Sub to efficiently handle metadata logging, ensuring optimal performance and substantial cost savings.
  • Operational efficiency: By redirecting logs through Pub/Sub, avoid overloading the composer environment during concurrent pipeline runs, achieving a 70% cost reduction without compromising data quality.