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@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Yes. Prometheus continues writing data to local storage after enabling remote st
and new data is available for querying via Prometheus as usual.
### How does VictoriaMetrics compare to other clustered TSDBs on top of Prometheus such as [M3 from Uber](https://eng.uber.com/m3/), [Thanos](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos), [Cortex](https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex), etc.?
### How does VictoriaMetrics compare to other remote storage solutions for Prometheus such as [M3 from Uber](https://eng.uber.com/m3/), [Thanos](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos), [Cortex](https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex), etc.?
VictoriaMetrics is simpler, faster, more cost-effective and it provides [MetricsQL with useful extensions for PromQL](MetricsQL). The simplicity is twofold:
- It is simpler to configure and operate. There is no need in configuring third-party [sidecars](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/blob/master/docs/components/sidecar.md)
or fighting with [gossip protocol](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/blob/master/docs/proposals/completed/201809_gossip-removal.md).
or fighting with [gossip protocol](https://github.com/improbable-eng/thanos/blob/030bc345c12c446962225221795f4973848caab5/docs/proposals/completed/201809_gossip-removal.md).
- VictoriaMetrics has simpler architecture, which means less bugs and more useful features in the long run comparing to competing TSDBs.
See [comparing Thanos to VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://medium.com/@valyala/comparing-thanos-to-victoriametrics-cluster-b193bea1683)
@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ TimescaleDB insists on using SQL as a query language. While SQL is more powerful
Additionally, VictoriaMetrics requires [up to 70x less storage space comparing to TimescaleDB](https://medium.com/@valyala/when-size-matters-benchmarking-victoriametrics-vs-timescale-and-influxdb-6035811952d4) for storing the same amount of time series data.
### Does VictoriaMetrics use Prometheus technologies like other clustered TSDBs built on top of Prometheus such as [M3 from Uber](https://eng.uber.com/m3/), [Thanos](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos), [Cortex](https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex)?
### Does VictoriaMetrics use Prometheus technologies like other clustered TSDBs built on top of Prometheus such as [Thanos](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos), [Cortex](https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex)?
No. VictoriaMetrics core is written in Go from scratch by [fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp) [author](https://github.com/valyala).
The architecture is [optimized for storing and querying large amounts of time series data with high cardinality](https://medium.com/devopslinks/victoriametrics-creating-the-best-remote-storage-for-prometheus-5d92d66787ac). VictoriaMetrics storage uses [certain ideas from ClickHouse](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282). Special thanks to [Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov).