On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 9:31 AM Brian Candler <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you're worried about compression of long-term archival storage, have a > look at Thanos. > > If you want to compare disk usage to a system with a similar design to > Prometheus but different compression, have a look at VictoriaMetrics: > > https://faun.pub/victoriametrics-achieving-better-compression-for-time-series-data-than-gorilla-317bc1f95932 > Does VictoriaMetrics still cast float64 to int to round off bits and improve compression? > > > However, disk space is cheap. Other considerations may be more important > for many users. And Prometheus in 2022 may be different to Prometheus in > 2017. > For example, WAL compression was introduced in 2019 and became the default in 2020. > > On Friday, 26 August 2022 at 06:19:34 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> PRs welcome. >> >> But remember, any changes need to support mmap for efficient caching of >> stored data. >> >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 7:10 AM Mega Rajan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the reply. >>> >>> I digged in and saw that Prometheus uses Gorilla compression. >>> >>> Do we have option to change the compression method to something else . I >>> see that Gorilla compression is an efficient one but wanted a confirmation >>> on whether there is a way to change it to something else >>> >>> thanks >>> Megarajan >>> >>> On Friday, 26 August 2022 at 10:37:11 UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> 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/6e850231-f284-49ba-b0bb-76156340c0f0n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/6e850231-f284-49ba-b0bb-76156340c0f0n%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/a2562fc6-a660-4ee1-9af2-cf58a5d73e99n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/a2562fc6-a660-4ee1-9af2-cf58a5d73e99n%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/CABbyFmojN22b1Kt_-FEmVU66_sVHN4TH_ABQExn_nbZvRbDCcA%40mail.gmail.com.
