Telegraf metrics /influxdb memory usage

Telegraf
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Hi all,

Today I have three config process telegraf with a lot of custom metrics. So I would like to know if there is a ratio number metrics telegraf / Influxdb memory usage or something like that. Today I use one server Influxdb only.

I notice that Influxdb use lot of swap (50% of 1Go) the setup of my physical server ram is 15Go and influx use more than 60 percent

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Probably redundant since you already got the answer on Slack but here it is

You can measure both using Telegraf plugins:

  • Telegraf → look at the internal plugin
  • InfluxDB → there is an InfluxDB config option to capture the data called “store-enabled” (officially not recommended for production), or the telegraf input plugin influxdb.The latest extracs few more metrics.

About how to use those data, It’s not always easy but a good starting point about structure and meaning are: