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Add new links to FAQ and comparison
Also, update FAQs a bit. (Needs a more thorough update, though.)
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Still, InfluxDB is better geared towards the following use cases:
Still, InfluxDB is better geared towards the following use cases:
*
storing all
**individual**
events, not just time series of values
*
Storing all
**individual**
events, not just time series of values.
*
e.g. storing every HTTP request with full metadata
*vs.*
storing the cumulative count of HTTP requests for certain dimensions
*
E.g. storing every HTTP request with full metadata
*vs.*
storing the
*
storing time series with completely unbounded dimensionality
cumulative count of HTTP requests for certain dimensions.
*
e.g. storing user IDs or email addresses in the key-value metadata
*vs.*
*
[
Logs and Metrics and Graphs, Oh My!
](
https://blog.raintank.io/logs-and-metrics-and-graphs-oh-my/
)
storing bounded dimensionality like the HTTP method, HTTP handler and
describes the difference between event logging and metrics recording.
instance ID
*
Storing time series with completely unbounded dimensionality.
*
E.g. storing user IDs or email addresses in the key-value metadata
*vs.*
storing bounded dimensionality like the HTTP method, HTTP handler
and instance ID.
There are other storage features, such as downsampling, which InfluxDB supports
There are other storage features, such as downsampling, which InfluxDB supports
and Prometheus does not yet.
and Prometheus does not yet.
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The Alertmanager cannot currently be made highly available, but this is a goal.
The Alertmanager cannot currently be made highly available, but this is a goal.
### I was told Prometheus “doesn't scale”.
There are in fact various ways to scale and federate
Prometheus. Read
[
Scaling and Federating Prometheus
](
http://www.robustperception.io/scaling-and-federating-prometheus/
)
on the Robust Perception blog to get started.
### What language is Prometheus written in?
### What language is Prometheus written in?
Most Prometheus components are written in Go. Some are also written in Java and Ruby.
Most Prometheus components are written in Go. Some are also written in Java and Ruby.
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For cases where you must push, we offer the
[
Pushgateway
](
/docs/instrumenting/pushing/
)
.
For cases where you must push, we offer the
[
Pushgateway
](
/docs/instrumenting/pushing/
)
.
### How to feed logs into Prometheus?
Short answer: Don't! Use something like the ELK stack instead.
Longer answer: Prometheus is system to collect and process metrics, not an
event logging system. The Raintank blog post
[
Logs and Metrics and Graphs, Oh My!
](
https://blog.raintank.io/logs-and-metrics-and-graphs-oh-my/
)
provides more details about the differences between logs and metrics.
If you want to extract Prometheus metrics from application logs, Google's
[
mtail
](
https://github.com/google/mtail
)
might be helpful.
### Who wrote Prometheus?
### Who wrote Prometheus?
Prometheus was initially started privately by
Prometheus was initially started privately by
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