Document the pros and cons of increasing the metric_buffer_limit
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@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ The agent table configures Telegraf and the defaults used across all plugins.
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This controls the size of writes that Telegraf sends to output plugins.
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- **metric_buffer_limit**:
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Maximum number of unwritten metrics per output.
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Maximum number of unwritten metrics per output. Increasing this value
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allows for longer periods of output downtime without dropping metrics at the
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cost of higher maximum memory usage.
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- **collection_jitter**:
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Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random [interval][].
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