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• The Connectors framework allows for the creation of generalized systems for managing telemetry.
• Connectors can be used to replicate and merge data streams, apply sampling criteria, and reason about multiple data types in one place.
• The structure of pipelines and data streams in the OpenTelemetry Collector is governed by certain rules and expectations.
• The Connectors framework can be used to address limitations in the existing pipeline structure.
• An anecdote is provided to illustrate how the Connectors framework can be used to filter and redact telemetry data.

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• Jaeger is a popular open source distributed tracing backend that requires code instrumentation for meaningful traces
• The Jaeger operator is a cool piece of technology that is part of the project
• Metrics work has been going on in Jaeger
• Service meshes present challenges for distributed tracing
• The speaker's company is a SAS observability company that focuses on an open source-based platform that includes Jaeger

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• OpenTelemetry Collector can be used for tracing, metrics, and logs
• Deployment patterns include fan out, normalizer, sidecar, multi-cluster, and multi-tenant
• Collectors can be chained together and customized for specific needs
• Mix and match components and collector instances for optimal deployment