Section 3 of 5 SMB · Business
Architecture: IL weaving vs interception
Dynatrace: runtime agent interception
Dynatrace relies on OneAgent — a background daemon that injects itself into running processes to passively collect metrics.
- CPU & memory overhead — process-level hooking consumes runtime CPU cycles and RAM.
- Cold starts — can slow down startup times in serverless or containerized environments.
- Troubleshooting complexity — resolving issues within the agent is difficult because it operates as a black box.
ArgusLogs: compile-time aspect-oriented programming (AOP)
ArgusLogs utilizes a post-build IL-weaving target (argus-weaver.dll).
- IL weaving — attributes like [LogMethod] inject logging logic into the compiled assembly at compile time.
- Zero reflection overhead — avoids runtime reflection or heavy process hooks.
- Sub-microsecond latency — logging code runs inline as native C#, with minimal impact on request throughput.