How scaling functions when load balancing exporter is used

[navin-rai]

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Hello, Experts.

I have a question about scaling the otel collector while using the LoadBalancing Exporter as the first layer. Do I need to generate replicas of one instance of Otel Collector, or should we create new instances of Otel Collector that will be placed after the loadbalancing instance?
If scaling is accomplished by spawning new instances of otel collector, how will we deploy it for ArgoCD?

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[jpkrohling]

I'm not quite sure I understood your question. Your second layer of collectors would get scaled up and down as you need, perhaps using an HPA. The first layer will eventually get the topology updates. How you scale the second layer is up to you.