From 3ad970addca30d4d909d97b3a4186c4c64084120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliaksandr Valialkin Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 01:33:14 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add `Features` section --- README.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 96a9aa2e0..21c40dff9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,20 @@ ## VictoriaMetrics - the best remote storage for Prometheus -### Note - VictoriaMetrics is in alpha stage at the moment + +### VictoriaMetrics features + +- Simple configuration. Just copy-n-paste remote storage URL to Prometheus config and that's it! See [Quick Start](Quick-Start) for more info. +- Reduced maintenance overhead. Prometheus local storage retention may be set to the minimum possible value - `--storage.tsdb.retention=2h` - when using VictoriaMetrics remote storage. This effectively makes Prometheus stateless, so it may be run as a stateless service in Kubernetes / Docker. +- Insertion rate scales to millions of metric values per second. +- Storage scales to millions of metrics with trillions of metric values. +- Wide range of retention periods - from 1 month to 5 years. Users may create different projects (aka `storage namespaces`) with different retention periods. +- Full [PromQL](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/) support. Additionally, VictoriaMetrics extends PromQL with useful features. See [Extended PromQL](ExtendedPromQL) for more details. +- Fast query engine. It excels on heavy queries over thousands of metrics with millions of metric values. +- The lowest price on the market. We can afford this thanks to cost-effective VictoriaMetrics core. +- The same remote storage URL may be used by multiple Prometheus instances collecting distinct metric sets, so all these metrics may be used in a single query (aka `global querying view`). This works ideally for multiple Prometheus instances located in different subnetworks / datacenters. + + +### Useful links * [Site](https://victoriametrics.com/) * [`WITH` templates playground](https://play.victoriametrics.com/promql/expand-with-exprs)