[2] Generating actionable insights and storing telemetry data are out of scope. An observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other commercial vendors. A major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you can easily instrument your applications or systems[1], no matter their language, infrastructure, or runtime environment. The storage and visualization of telemetry is intentionally left to other tools[2]. https://opentelemetry.io/docs/what-is-opentelemetry/