[athenot]

OSQuery is pretty powerful and the SQL-like query makes it easier to correlate various system metrics in 1 step.

However compared to a central metric system that can aggregate metrics across all the hosts, its use quickly becomes less important.

Also there are some CPU considerations, as OSQuery is not as lightweight as other metrics gather tools. Several times I've ran into OSQuery interfering with the actual application, competing for resources. So if you do run it, make to renice it to mitigate this, especially if you're running time-sensitive apps like video/audio.