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 # Cluster version of VictoriaMetrics
 
-VictoriaMetrics is fast and cost-effective long-term remote storage for Prometheus.
+VictoriaMetrics is high-performance and cost-effective time series database. It can be used as a long-term remote storage for Prometheus.
 
 Single-node version is available [here](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics).