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How vmagent Collects and Ships Metrics Fast with Aggregation, Deduplication, and More

VictoriaMetrics agent, or vmagent, is a lightweight tool designed to gather metrics from a number of different sources. Once it pulls in all those metrics, vmagent lets you ‘design’ them (through ‘relabeling’) or filter them down (doing things like reducing cardinality, stream aggregation, deduplication, and so on) before shipping them off to wherever you want to store them.

VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection: What's New in Q3 2024?

Explore the latest improvements in VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection (vmanomaly), including optimizations, online models, multitenantcy and mTLS support.

Monitoring Azure AKS & Azure Linux with VictoriaMetrics

Learn how to monitor Azure AKS and Azure Linux with VictoriaMetrics. This blog post covers the setup process for environments with high security requirements and how to monitor them with VictoriaMetrics.

The Rise of Open Source Time Series Databases

Time series databases are essential tools in any software engineer’s toolbelt. Their development has been shaped by user needs and countless open source contributors, leading to the healthy ecosystem of options we see today. In this article, you’ll see how time series databases came about, and why so many are open source.

VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection: What's New in H1 2024?

Explore the latest improvements in VictoriaMetrics Anomaly Detection (vmanomaly), including presets, new models, enhanced tuning, and better resource management

Introduction to Managed Monitoring

Learn about the different types of managed monitoring services available on the market, and why you might consider picking one of them to manage your monitoring infrastructure.

Comparing Performance and Resource Usage: Grafana Agent vs. Prometheus Agent Mode vs. VictoriaMetrics vmagent

We compared the performance and resource usage of Grafana Agent, Prometheus Agent Mode, and VictoriaMetrics vmagent to help readers make informed decisions when choosing an agent for their monitoring needs.