Titans

If you use Prometheus as a time series database, you will know that the more data it stores, the slower it becomes. Thanos, Cortex, Mimir, and M3DB set out to solve this problem in totally different ways. We reveal the candidates’ strengths and weaknesses.

Martin Loschwitz

One key difference between current IT setups and those of the past is that current setups are typically designed for scalability. Computing power, RAM, disk space – all can ideally be added or removed dynamically in a state-of-the-art setup. For ongoing operations, this results in a few challenges that administrators were unlikely to confront until the advent of OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, and the like. They include, for example, the need to know when it’s the right time to add additional resources. “When they are needed” is the easy answer, because that directly prompts the next questions: When exactly are new resources needed, and how do admins work around bottlenecks and delays in delivery of the new equipment?” Trending software helps answer these questions early enough that you can plan in peace…

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ADMIN Network & Security (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2025

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