Seq 2021 introduced a fantastic new visualization of how Seq uses disk and memory resources, under Data > Storage:

We created Storage because we we don't believe in the "store everything and sort it out later" philosophy of log centralization. This initially-intriguing idea leads down a path of

The first 2021.3 preview builds are now live on datalust.co/download and Docker Hub. Along with some other improvements, they include the very first pieces of clustered Seq: disaster recovery (DR) and zero-downtime upgrades through asynchronous replication.

Cluster-aware functionality is behind a feature flag and will ship with

Without the log data, searches, and dashboards that show what your application or system is up to, Seq is just a blank frame.

This makes it awkward to try out Seq for the first time, or to demonstrate it to someone else: there's nothing to see until you've already done