diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/requirements/_index.md b/docs/sources/flow/requirements/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ad3b27c5806d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/sources/flow/requirements/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +aliases: +- /docs/grafana-cloud/agent/flow/requirements +- /docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/agent/flow/requirements +canonical: https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/flow/requirements/ +description: Resource requirements +menuTitle: Sizing +title: Resource requirements +weight: 100 +--- + +# Resource requirements + +Capacity planning for {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} is a very important step in the deployment process. The sizing and capacity requirements for {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}} depends on your specific environment, and the workload you have. Understanding the minimum hardware requirements for Grafana Agent Flow XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx + +## Baseline + +The following values define the baseline for estimating the resource requirements for {{< param "PRODUCT_NAME" >}}. These values provide a starting point for your deployment requirements. + +| Data point | Size | Throughput | +|------------|---------|------------| +| Metrics | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | +| Events | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | +| Logs | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | +| Traces | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | + +A metrics series is active if it continuously has new data points appended to it. A metric series become inactive if they haven't received any new samples since the last WAL truncation interval. + +## Test environment + +Info about Agent version, software/OS, hardware etc. Definition of what a vCPU is? + +Does it make any difference running on Linux, Windows, OSX, etc.? + +### Test results for 14,000,000 to 16,000,000 metric series + +| vCPU cores | Memory | Disk I/O | Disk space | Network | +|------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------| ------- | +| 1.5 to 2.2 | 81 GB to 88 GB | 0.7%, with periodic spikes to 6%-8% for the WAL | 2.7 GB to 7.4 GB | XXXXXX | + +### Test results for 650,000 to 800,000 metric series + +| vCPU cores | Memory | Disk I/O | Disk space | Network | +|------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------| ------- | +| 0.1 to 0.2 | 3.9 GB to 5.7 GB | 0.3%, with periodic spikes to 0.4% for the WAL | 230 MB to 410 MB | XXXXXX | + +## Recommendations + +Intro covering general recommendations. + +### CPUs + +Info about vCPUs for common use cases. For example X vCPUs when scraping some measurable number of metrics and sending over remote_write. + +### Memory + +Info about memory/RAM for common use cases. For example X GB RAM when scraping some measurable number of metrics and sending over remote_write. + +### Disk + +Info about disk space for common use cases. For example X GB of disk space when scraping some measurable number of metrics and sending over remote_write. + +### Network + +Info about network bandwidth for common use cases. For example X MBps when scraping some measurable number of metrics and sending over remote_write. + +## Clustering requirements + +Text