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Arguably system requirements matter more for small scale deployments. I shouldn't need a server with multiple SSD volumes and 8GB+ ram just to monitor a couple

Arguably system requirements matter more for small scale deployments. I shouldn't need a server with multiple SSD volumes and 8GB+ ram just to monitor a couple raspberry pi's. EDIT: okay, I get it. You don't need 8GB ram. I was just going by the hardware requirements in their docs: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/introduction/install/ https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/introduction/insta...

cbzbc 6y ago
You don't need 8GB ram to run a small scale deployment of influxdb.
- dspillett 6y ago
  I'm sure this is true, but the documentation does explicitly say "Each machine should have a minimum of 8GB RAM" with absolutely no caveats about scale, so I think people can be forgiven for taking a quick look and moving on because they don't want to provision that.
  - mhall119 6y ago
    That's a valid point, I've brought it up internally to improve the docs to explain what type of load this requirement is expecting. If you'd like you can create an issue for this in Github (https://github.com/influxdata/docs.influxdata.com/issues/new https://github.com/influxdata/docs.influxdata.com/issues/new) to be involved in the discussion and change.
    - mhall119 6y ago
      While we're working on this page, also check out https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/guides/hardware_sizing/#influxdb-oss-guidelines https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/guides/hardware_si... which gives a better breakdown of resources requirements based on expected load
viraptor 6y ago
... and it doesn't need that. I'm running telegraf+influx+grafana along with other services on a small rpi without issues.
alyandon 6y ago
Running TICK stack here collecting metrics from around a dozen different hosts (more if you count network devices like switches) to a central server with a default retention policy on spinning rust. InfluxDB process is currently sitting at 600MB RSS.

cbzbc 6y ago

You don't need 8GB ram to run a small scale deployment of influxdb.

dspillett 6y ago
I'm sure this is true, but the documentation does explicitly say "Each machine should have a minimum of 8GB RAM" with absolutely no caveats about scale, so I think people can be forgiven for taking a quick look and moving on because they don't want to provision that.
- mhall119 6y ago
  That's a valid point, I've brought it up internally to improve the docs to explain what type of load this requirement is expecting. If you'd like you can create an issue for this in Github (https://github.com/influxdata/docs.influxdata.com/issues/new https://github.com/influxdata/docs.influxdata.com/issues/new) to be involved in the discussion and change.
  - mhall119 6y ago
    While we're working on this page, also check out https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/guides/hardware_sizing/#influxdb-oss-guidelines https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/guides/hardware_si... which gives a better breakdown of resources requirements based on expected load

viraptor 6y ago

... and it doesn't need that. I'm running telegraf+influx+grafana along with other services on a small rpi without issues.

alyandon 6y ago

Running TICK stack here collecting metrics from around a dozen different hosts (more if you count network devices like switches) to a central server with a default retention policy on spinning rust. InfluxDB process is currently sitting at 600MB RSS.