Prometheus

About Prometheus

Prometheus is a comprehensive monitoring and alerting toolkit that collects and stores time-series data as metrics, providing a powerful query language (PromQL) for data analysis, visualization capabilities, and a robust alerting system. It excels in dynamic container environments and modern infrastructure monitoring.

Key Features

• Dimensional data model with metric names and key-value pairs
• PromQL query language for flexible data analysis and alerting
• Multi-mode visualization with built-in browser and Grafana integration
• Efficient local storage with functional sharding capabilities
• Independent server architecture for enhanced reliability
• Precise alerting system with dimensional data support
• Extensive client library support across multiple programming languages
• Rich ecosystem of exporters for third-party system integration
• Custom efficient storage format optimized for time-series data
• Built-in service discovery for dynamic environments