Storage | Prometheus
https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/storagePrometheus can read (back) sample data from a remote URL in a standardized format. The read and write protocols both use a snappy-compressed protocol buffer encoding over HTTP. The protocols are not considered as stable APIs yet and may change to use gRPC over HTTP/2 in the future, when all hops between Prometheus and the remote storage can ...
Storage | Prometheus
prometheus.io › docs › prometheusPrometheus includes a local on-disk time series database, but also optionally integrates with remote storage systems. Local storage Prometheus's local time series database stores data in a custom, highly efficient format on local storage. On-disk layout Ingested samples are grouped into blocks of two hours.