# Reduce CDN log costs with searchable archives

DevFeed: [Reduce CDN log costs with searchable archives](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reduce-cdn-log-costs-with-searchable-archives-2304.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/reduce-cdn-log-costs-with-searchable-archives/>)

Author: Rufina Mariam

Published: 2026-06-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [archive search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/archive-search.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>)

Tags: [amazon-s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-s3.md>), [archive-search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/archive-search.md>), [cdn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cdn.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [devsecops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devsecops.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [log-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/log-management.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [observability-pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability-pipelines.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents a cost-conscious approach to retaining high-volume CDN logs: route raw logs to object storage with Observability Pipelines, retain key signals in Datadog, and use Archive Search for historical investigations.

## Source excerpt

Route high-volume CDN logs to low-cost object storage with Observability Pipelines and search them with Archive Search--without a second tool.