Prometheus pods cause memory pressure on OpenShift 4 nodes

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Different OpenShift 4 clusters showing prometheus-k8s pods using too much memory
  • The OpenShift Nodes (Infra Nodes) that run these pods end up in a MemoryPressure state
  • Temporary increasing the OpenShift Nodes capacity (RAM) and reduce the Prometheus retention (from 15gg to 7gg to even 3gg) just delay the issue
  • Temporary increasing storage capacity just delay the issue as well

Environment

  • RedHat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x

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