Your infrastructure team knows the drill: log data doubles every 18 months, but storage budgets stay flat. The result? Either you’re spending way too much money on tools like Splunk, or you’re flying blind with shortened retention periods.
What if you could cut storage costs by 4x while keeping more data longer? That’s exactly what infrastructure teams can achieve with cost-effective storage from Hydrolix, and now it’s even easier to get that data into Hydrolix thanks to our new integration with Cribl Stream.
The Pipeline Problem Every Infrastructure Team Faces
Many organizations have already invested in Cribl Stream, which intelligently routes and reduces log volumes. But even optimized data has to land somewhere, and that “somewhere” is still crushing budgets when you’re dealing with:
- Terabytes of daily log ingestion
- Compliance requirements for extended retention
- The need for fast query performance during incidents
Traditional storage solutions weren’t built for this scale.
Combining Cribl and Hydrolix
Cribl Stream can help support with data aggregation, routing, collecting, and parsing.
Hydrolix allows you to retain and query that data long-term while keeping it cost-effective.
Note: Hydrolix works as a standalone solution for data ingestion and analysis and includes its own streaming pipeline with full streaming ETL transformations. The Cribl Stream integration gives you more streaming options and allows you to use your existing Cribl pipelines to send your data to Hydrolix.
The next image shows just how easy is to stream a data source to Hydrolix using Cribl.
4x Storage Cost Reduction With Hydrolix
Here’s what infrastructure teams are seeing when they deploy their data pipelines to Hydrolix:
- Immediate cost relief: Reduce storage costs by 4x or more while maintaining existing dashboards and workflows.
- Extended retention: Keep data for years instead of months while keeping costs lower.
- Faster incident response: Query across massive datasets in seconds, not minutes.
- Simplified architecture: Replace multiple storage tiers and complex data management workflows with a single integration.
During high-stakes events like the 2025 Super Bowl, Hydrolix has proven it can handle massive data spikes while maintaining both performance and cost efficiency. And with the Cribl integration, it’s easier than ever to get your data into Hydrolix.
Set Up Pipelines in Hours, Not Weeks
The Cribl-Hydrolix integration is designed for busy infrastructure teams. No complex setup. No architectural overhaul. Simply configure a Hydrolix table and ingest schema, add your cluster as a Cribl destination for new or existing Cribl pipelines, and gain a new, more cost-effective destination that scales with your data growth.
As the next image shows, you can easily use Cribl to monitor any Cribl streams that are sending data to Hydrolix.
The Bottom Line for Infrastructure Teams
Stop making impossible choices between data visibility and budget reality. Your team requires comprehensive logging to maintain service reliability, and your CFO needs to stay within budget, even as the volume of data continues to increase.
By routing your existing Cribl pipeline to Hydrolix, you can deliver on both.
Next Steps
Ready to see the cost impact for your environment? Book a demo and we’ll show you exactly how much you could save based on your current data volumes.
