Document the pros and cons of increasing the metric_buffer_limit

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Daniel Nelson
2019-09-09 17:50:46 -07:00
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@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ var agentConfig = `
## This controls the size of writes that Telegraf sends to output plugins.
metric_batch_size = 1000
## Maximum number of unwritten metrics per output.
## Maximum number of unwritten metrics per output. Increasing this value
## allows for longer periods of output downtime without dropping metrics at the
## cost of higher maximum memory usage.
metric_buffer_limit = 10000
## Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.