Yes, Prometheus uses compression. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_pEevMAC3I
Also, I highly recommend upgrading to the latest release. The version you are running is from 2018 and has numerous bugs. On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:03 AM Mega Rajan <[email protected]> wrote: > hi > > we are using prometheus 2.3.1 . > > Does prometheus use compression to store its data ? > > From the documentation I see that its being compacted but no reference to > compression and any compression algorithm as such . > > could anyone please clarify on the compression and compression algorithm > used by prometheus if any. > > thanks > Megarajan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/1a63ac93-4e31-4df5-9e35-3803bd137f0en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/1a63ac93-4e31-4df5-9e35-3803bd137f0en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmqRs93j_%3DWCPOJ6kk3Ci6wdbv1ixC_arwnhBDtSj7gOBQ%40mail.gmail.com.
