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Thanos

Highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage

Monitoring & Status ★ 14.2k stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

Thanos extends Prometheus with global query view, unlimited retention, and high availability. It uses object storage to keep metrics cheaply for years while presenting a single query endpoint across many Prometheus instances.

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Key features

  • Global query view
  • Unlimited metric retention
  • Object storage backend
  • Downsampling for fast queries

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Scales Prometheus to massive deployments
  • Cheap long-term storage

Trade-offs

  • Complex multi-component architecture
  • Steep learning curve

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