Diagnosing InfluxDB Disk Bloat and Query Lag from Misconfigured Retention Policies
Identify and fix InfluxDB disk bloat and query lag caused by infinite retention policies or oversized shard groups with a step‑by‑step diagnostic guide.
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Identify and fix InfluxDB disk bloat and query lag caused by infinite retention policies or oversized shard groups with a step‑by‑step diagnostic guide.
Goal: Identify why Talos Linux nodes exhibit steady disk consumption over time despite no apparent workload growth, focusing on the containerd image garbage collection behavior. Constraints: Talos Linux uses an immutable root filesystem, so logs and temporary data are ephemeral; the containerd GC policy is disabled by default, leaving image cleanup to manual