From 1137bdec6604b2dee89da2ccb458fe91ea07a292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliaksandr Valialkin Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:27:01 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md: typo fix: compations -> compactions --- README.md | 2 +- docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fe2b9c3f6..c7647a9d6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ It is better using `-retentionPeriod` command-line flag for efficient pruning of ### Forced merge -VictoriaMetrics performs [data compations in background](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282) +VictoriaMetrics performs [data compactions in background](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282) in order to keep good performance characteristics when accepting new data. These compactions (merges) are performed independently on per-month partitions. This means that compactions are stopped for per-month partitions if no new data is ingested into these partitions. Sometimes it is necessary to trigger compactions for old partitions. For instance, in order to free up disk space occupied by [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series). diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md index fe2b9c3f6..c7647a9d6 100644 --- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md +++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ It is better using `-retentionPeriod` command-line flag for efficient pruning of ### Forced merge -VictoriaMetrics performs [data compations in background](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282) +VictoriaMetrics performs [data compactions in background](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282) in order to keep good performance characteristics when accepting new data. These compactions (merges) are performed independently on per-month partitions. This means that compactions are stopped for per-month partitions if no new data is ingested into these partitions. Sometimes it is necessary to trigger compactions for old partitions. For instance, in order to free up disk space occupied by [deleted time series](#how-to-delete-time-series).