From e7cca46479e37c358d1e257ec5177ce44e59c312 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Khavronenko <hagen1778@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:15:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add Benchmarks section (#1950)

Signed-off-by: hagen1778 <roman@victoriametrics.com>
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 docs/README.md                        | 12 ++++++++++++
 docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index dbcceeef85..d95445f079 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -1441,6 +1441,18 @@ We also provide [vmbackupmanager](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanag
 Enterprise binaries can be downloaded and evaluated for free from [the releases page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases).
 
 
+## Benchmarks
+
+Note, that vendors (including VictoriaMetrics) are often biased when doing such tests. E.g. they try highlighting 
+the best parts of their product, while highlighting the worst parts of competing products. 
+So we encourage users and all independent third parties to conduct their becnhmarks for various products 
+they are evaluating in production and publish the results.
+
+As a reference, please see [benchmarks](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Articles.html#benchmarks) conducted by
+VictoriaMetrics team. Please also see the [helm chart](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/benchmark) 
+for running ingestion benchmarks based on node_exporter metrics.
+
+
 ## Profiling
 
 VictoriaMetrics provides handlers for collecting the following [Go profiles](https://blog.golang.org/profiling-go-programs):
diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
index d8892cfbf4..5a90eac51a 100644
--- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -1445,6 +1445,18 @@ We also provide [vmbackupmanager](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanag
 Enterprise binaries can be downloaded and evaluated for free from [the releases page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases).
 
 
+## Benchmarks
+
+Note, that vendors (including VictoriaMetrics) are often biased when doing such tests. E.g. they try highlighting 
+the best parts of their product, while highlighting the worst parts of competing products. 
+So we encourage users and all independent third parties to conduct their becnhmarks for various products 
+they are evaluating in production and publish the results.
+
+As a reference, please see [benchmarks](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Articles.html#benchmarks) conducted by
+VictoriaMetrics team. Please also see the [helm chart](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/benchmark) 
+for running ingestion benchmarks based on node_exporter metrics.
+
+
 ## Profiling
 
 VictoriaMetrics provides handlers for collecting the following [Go profiles](https://blog.golang.org/profiling-go-programs):