From 41af6a73fe962595c057ea2ad4a6b02cb392bbe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliaksandr Valialkin Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 16:47:30 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs/FAQ.md: add questions on how to migrate data from various systems (Prometheus, InfluxDB, OpenTSDB, Graphite) to VictoriaMetrics --- docs/FAQ.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md index dd3b79be7b..15aadd1737 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/FAQ.md @@ -281,3 +281,23 @@ High cardinality usually means high number of [active time series](#what-is-acti ### What is slow insert? VictoriaMetrics maintains in-memory cache for mapping of [active time series](#what-is-active-time-series) into internal series ids. The cache size depends on the available memory for VictoriaMetrics in the host system. If the information about all the active time series doesn't fit the cache, then VictoriaMetrics needs to read and unpack the information from disk on every incoming sample for time series missing in the cache. This operation is much slower than the cache lookup, so such insert is named `slow insert`. High percentage of slow inserts on the [official dashboard for VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#monitoring) indicates on memory shortage for the current number of [active time series](#what-is-active-time-series). Such a condition usually leads to significant slowdown for data ingestion, to significantly increased disk IO and CPU usage. The solution is to add more memory or to reduce the number of [active time series](#what-is-active-time-series). The `/api/v1/status/tsdb` page can be helpful for locating the source of high number of active time seriess - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#tsdb-stats). + + +### How to migrate data from Prometheus to VictoriaMetrics? + +Please see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl.html#migrating-data-from-prometheus). + + +### How to migrate data from InfluxDB to VictoriaMetrics? + +Please see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl.html#migrating-data-from-influxdb-1x). + + +### How to migrate data from OpenTSDB to VictoriaMetrics? + +Please see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl.html#migrating-data-from-opentsdb). + + +### How to migrate data from Graphite to VictoriaMetrics? + +Please use [whisper-to-graphite](https://github.com/bzed/whisper-to-graphite) tool for reading the data from Graphite and pushing it to VictoriaMetrics via [Graphite import API](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-send-data-from-graphite-compatible-agents-such-as-statsd).