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Marcin Grzejszczak
2016-08-29 15:08:41 +02:00
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ annotations (tags), the ID of the span that caused them, and process ID's (norma
Spans are started and stopped, and they keep track of their timing information. Once you create a
span, you must stop it at some point in the future.
TIP: The initial span that starts a trace is called a `root span`. The value of span id
of that span is equal to trace id.
*Trace:* A set of spans forming a tree-like structure. For example, if you are running a distributed
big-data store, a trace might be formed by a put request.