# Cost/Noise

> The degree to which collecting more telemetry adds cost and noise that can obscure the signals that matter.

Record: `lex:cost-noise`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-cost-noise

## category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## referenced-by

- [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/observability.md)