The VictoriaMetrics Observability Blog

Golang Defer: From Basic To Traps

The defer statement actually has 3 types: open-coded defer, heap-allocated defer, and stack-allocated. Each one has different performance and different scenarios where they’re best used, which is good to know if you want to optimize performance.

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

Vendoring, or go mod vendor: What Is It?

Vendoring is a different strategy as it keeps a copy of all your project’s dependencies directly within the project’s directory, rather than relying on an external cache.

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.

How to reduce expenses on monitoring: be smarter about data

This blog post is the second in the series of the blog posts based on the talk about ‘How to reduce expenses on monitoring’, stackconf 2023. It is about open-source instruments and techniques from the VictoriaMetrics ecosystem for improving cost-efficiency of monitoring.

VictoriaMetrics slashes data storage bills by 90% with world’s most cost-efficient monitoring

We’re happy to share customer research today demonstrating that VictoriaMetrics is the world’s most cost-efficient monitoring solution! Read the post for details!

How ilert Can Help Enhance Your Monitoring With Its VictoriaMetrics Integration

The integration of VictoriaMetrics with ilert creates a seamless environment where real-time metrics are transformed into actionable alerts. Read this joint article for the details

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.