Also make sure that there are no leftover .tmp directories in your
Prometheus data directory. When the compaction process fails, these aren't
properly cleaned up and remain in memory. This can build up to a
considerable amount over time.
# assuming Prometheus data is in /data
$ find /data -type d -name "*.tmp" -exec rm -rf {} \;
On Monday, 13 April 2020 12:18:08 UTC+2, Josep Manel Andrés i Moscardó
wrote:
>
> Ok, thanks a lot! I will take a look this week.
>
> Missatge de Julius Volz <[email protected] <javascript:>> del dia dg.,
> 12 d’abr. 2020 a les 19:35:
>
>> (as for tuning flags in Prometheus 2.x, most of them have gone away,
>> except for data retention flags and whether to compress the write-ahead-log
>> (WAL) or not)
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:31 PM Julius Volz <[email protected]
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Josep,
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.robustperception.io/how-much-ram-does-prometheus-2-x-need-for-cardinality-and-ingestion
>>> is
>>> a good starting point for more recent versions of Prometheus, although I
>>> know Brian and others have added more memory optimizations since then.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 6:58 PM Josep Manel Andrés i Moscardó <
>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> I've been trying to understand how prometheus internal memory handling
>>>> works and how to configure it, but I cannot find anything related to
>>>> adjusting it in the latest documentation. In previous versions I can see I
>>>> could specify heap size so it doesn't go beyond. What should I do ? I have
>>>> the container constantly alarming when it hits 85% of memory consumed.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
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