From 3a3ff5054893a0b9d8782ea20869a489142d3e09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliaksandr Valialkin Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 20:45:33 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md: sync with single-node README.md --- docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md index 912b423fb7..a0f89bdc16 100644 --- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md +++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ in [source code](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics). Just downl Cluster version is available [here](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/cluster). +See our [Wiki](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki) for additional documentation. + [Contact us](mailto:info@victoriametrics.com) if you need paid enterprise support for VictoriaMetrics. @@ -820,6 +822,8 @@ Data is split in per-month subdirectories inside `<-storageDataPath>/data/small` Directories for months outside the configured retention are deleted on the first day of new month. In order to keep data according to `-retentionPeriod` max disk space usage is going to be `-retentionPeriod` + 1 month. For example if `-retentionPeriod` is set to 1, data for January is deleted on March 1st. +It is safe to extend `-retentionPeriod` on existing data. If `-retentionPeriod` is set to lower +value than before then data outside the configured period will be eventually deleted. ### Multiple retentions