From 870270c75e187317aded7f5f6657174f95450967 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aliaksandr Valialkin Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:31:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md: mention that `/internal/force_flush` endpoint is mostly needed for testing and debugging --- docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md index f581651eb..df5a49b2e 100644 --- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md +++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md @@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ VictoriaMetrics also exposes currently running queries with their execution time * VictoriaMetrics buffers incoming data in memory for up to a few seconds before flushing it to persistent storage. This may lead to the following "issues": * Data becomes available for querying in a few seconds after inserting. It is possible to flush in-memory buffers to persistent storage - by requesting `/internal/force_flush` http handler. + by requesting `/internal/force_flush` http handler. This handler is mostly needed for testing and debugging purposes. * The last few seconds of inserted data may be lost on unclean shutdown (i.e. OOM, `kill -9` or hardware reset). See [this article for technical details](https://valyala.medium.com/wal-usage-looks-broken-in-modern-time-series-databases-b62a627ab704).