Currently Prometheus supports configuring static HTTP targets, as well as
discovering targets dynamically via [DNS SRV
records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record) and [Consul](https://www.consul.io/). There is also a file-based interface that allows you to connect your own discovery mechanisms. We plan to natively support more
types of service discovery (e.g. Zookeeper) in the future.
### Long-term storage
Currently Prometheus has support for storing samples on local disk, as well as