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How do I size my Prometheus deployment?

October 12, 2025 Cardinality Cloud 3 min read

Your monitoring just went down because Prometheus got OOM-killed again. Or maybe you’re paying for 32GB of RAM when 8GB would suffice. Sizing Prometheus shouldn’t be guesswork - it’s actually predictable math based on three inputs: active time series, scrape interval, and retention period. Our Resource Calculator does the math for you, showing memory, CPU, and disk requirements with visual guidance on safe ranges and real-world scaling examples.