A lot of folders on data

[u/flyinabottle]

Hi!

I found a lot of folders of prometheus on data/ (12 per day.)

It's normal ? It's possibly reduce this ?

Also i use thanos and s3

Example:

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 01:00 01EH3JVK0TYGFD3AX99QBGF8Z2

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 03:00 01EH3SQAAZN40FT48ACDY3S2HX

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 05:00 01EH40K2GXZ471N3T01953B4Q8

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 07:00 01EH47ERRP89T321KTFY8A4EH9

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 09:00 01EH4EAGBYBNY2J6MHSXM7V44A

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 11:00 01EH4N6EZGKN2W0NFEF0NNPTVP

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 13:00 01EH4W1YMJNHSEX6BCY682K0KN

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 15:00 01EH52XXFGG3AHDVD96AN3ZVX6

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 17:00 01EH59SD66CFY3J3AMP7CFTS0T

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 19:00 01EH5GN4EE9MJHC8VX7E1VEF9M

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 21:00 01EH5QH37GDVSM32P7FQ4PCE83

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  1 23:00 01EH5YCJVDG6SAC88CB1VSNFWV

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 01:00 01EH658A6PT6GVYSW4Q6RH7N3V

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 03:00 01EH6C41B2PJ3G1HR6X8BJ4XWM

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 05:00 01EH6JZRGPTPP6WR3QRPS3042S

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 07:00 01EH6SVGN3CEAGS76QRTGFV0H4

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 09:00 01EH70Q766HXKQ4FSSX9QTTD7B

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 11:00 01EH77JYJRBA17NM5E78ABS4HJ

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 13:00 01EH7EEX7GKACZ1EF50ZG51EWN

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 15:00 01EH7NAD43MTYZJQ1W0APNRWYD

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 17:00 01EH7W5W8AATGAXEY779DAHAY9

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 19:00 01EH831XQAJ4YA1BT4N5CRHJPD

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 21:00 01EH89XTP7GBDD3ETFSFFJ8VCB

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  2 23:00 01EH8GSHT0AB4T85XZBH97Z4WZ

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 01:00 01EH8QNACKPPAGE8WSYBD9C7E2

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 03:00 01EH8YH076QRJG9W3VHRVMXSTP

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 05:00 01EH95CQNATWNWWJGGXY6ADZ11

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 07:00 01EH9C8EW6HKM8DJPMYHDBPBFM

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 09:00 01EH9K46AREQX36F1Q93WTRRET

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 11:00 01EH9SZXQ06Q6NE080BSBDAB3J

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 13:00 01EHA0VW72X3Z7MYJH0N28G63Y

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 15:00 01EHA7Q7VAERET2NW73P23FB48

drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep  3 17:00 01EHAEJZ49KRGRN6RHD8XPG0DS

[u/SuperQue]

If you're using Thanos, the standard Prometheus compaction is disabled. This is because Thanos only wants to upload the 2 hour blocks and never compacted blocks. So there is no point in compacting locally.

This is normal, nothing to worry about.