From a2e7ccacc8a11defecdcbbfd4be301e6e85e6c75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Eliahu Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:55:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update cluster size guidelines in docs (cherry picked from commit c7697e797b8d3bdd33122acc31e41d4cee894e1d) --- docs/clusters/management/create.md | 2 +- docs/clusters/management/production.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/clusters/management/create.md b/docs/clusters/management/create.md index c0652d38bd..3f93fcafd7 100644 --- a/docs/clusters/management/create.md +++ b/docs/clusters/management/create.md @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ iam_policy_arns: ["arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3FullAccess"] # primary CIDR block for the cluster's VPC vpc_cidr: 192.168.0.0/16 -# instance type for prometheus (use a larger instance for clusters exceeding 500 nodes) +# instance type for prometheus (use an instance with more memory for clusters exceeding 300 nodes or 300 pods) prometheus_instance_type: "t3.medium" ``` diff --git a/docs/clusters/management/production.md b/docs/clusters/management/production.md index 8f7d9670d1..06189708c0 100644 --- a/docs/clusters/management/production.md +++ b/docs/clusters/management/production.md @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ node_groups: ### Considerations for large clusters -If you plan on scaling your Cortex cluster past 400 nodes or 800 pods, it is recommended to set `prometheus_instance_type` to a larger instance type. A good guideline is that a t3.medium instance can reliably handle 400 nodes and 800 pods. +If you plan on scaling your Cortex cluster past 300 nodes or 300 pods, it is recommended to set `prometheus_instance_type` to an instance type with more memory (the default is `t3.medium`, which has 4gb). ## API Spec