The vm_cache_size_max_bytes metric can be used for determining caches which reach their capacity via the following query:
vm_cache_size_bytes / vm_cache_size_max_bytes > 0.9
Previously the switch occurred when the cache size becomes 100% of its capacity. The cache size could never reach 100% capacity.
This could prevent from switching from the split cache to full cache, thus reducing the cache effectiveness.
Previously the stats for cache misses could be improperly counted, because it had inflated cache misses
if the entry was missing in the curr cache, but was existing in the prev cache.
The same applies to cache requests - they were inflated if the entry was missing in the curr cache.
Previously the switch from `split` to `whole` mode had been performed too early,
e.g. when the current cache size became bigger than 1/4 of the allowed cache size.
Now it is performed when the current cache size becomes bigger than 1/2 of the allowed cache size.
This change can reduce memory usage for data ingestion path when big number of active time series are ingested.
This should prevent from cache stats counters going down after cache rotation,
which may corrupt `cache hit ratio` graph on the official Grafan dasbhoards
when using the following query:
1 - (sum(rate(vm_cache_misses_total[5m])) by (type) / sum(rate(vm_cache_requests_total[5m])) by (type))
This should reduce the amount of RAM required for processing time series
with non-zero churn rate.
The previous cache behavior can be restored with `-cache.oldBehavior` command-line flag.
