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VictoriaMetrics 2026 Mid Year Roundup
Take a look at what we shipped in the first half of 2026 across VictoriaMetrics: metrics, logs, traces, and cloud,with improvements in performance, scalability, and usability.
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VictoriaLogs Status Update: Heading Towards the Cluster Version
Whether you’re just discovering VictoriaLogs or have been using it for a while, this post will walk you through the recent enhancements and give you a sneak peek at the much anticipated cluster version that’s on the horizon.
24th of February 2025 Statement: VictoriaMetrics Stands with Ukraine!
24th of February 2025: VictoriaMetrics Stands With Ukraine! Read the Statement.
Prometheus Monitoring: Instant Queries and Range Queries Explained
When evaluating, instant vectors provide current snapshots, while range vectors give you multiple values over a period of time. But how do they work?
Prometheus Metrics Explained: Counters, Gauges, Histograms & Summaries
Metrics come in different types: counters that only increase, gauges that fluctuate, histograms that show value distributions, and summaries that pre-calculate statistics.
300%+ Growth in 2024: Join Our Team in 2025!
When we ended 2024 with continued growth (300+%) both in terms of open source adoption and enterprise business we thought: We’re going to need some more help in 2025!
FOSDEM 2025 recap
FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers’ European Meeting) is a huge, free, gathering for open-source software enthusiasts that happens every February in Brussels, Belgium. It’s a non-profit event put together by the community, and it’s one of the biggest of its kind. See more in our recap!
How Protobuf Works—The Art of Data Encoding
Protocol Buffers is faster and smaller than JSON, but the interesting part is understanding why. This article breaks down the encoding techniques that make Protobuf efficient, backed by benchmark results and practical examples
OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and More: Which Is Better for Metrics Collection and Propagation?
OpenTelemetry, Prometheus 2.x, Prometheus 3.x, and vmagent are put together for comparison in scraping and pushing data to remote storage.
How vmstorage Handles Query Requests From vmselect
When vmselect asks vmstorage for data, there’s actually quite a bit happening behind the scenes. This article breaks down the process of how vmstorage locates and retrieves your metrics, from finding the right TSIDs to sending back the actual data points.
How vmstorage's IndexDB Works
IndexDB acts as vmstorage’s memory - it remembers which numbers (TSIDs) belong to which metrics, making sure your queries get answered fast. This article walks through how this system works, from the way it organizes data to how it keeps track of millions of timeseries.