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[release-v2.7] Update cardinality.md (#4636)
Co-authored-by: brauhaus-grafana <[email protected]>
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## Dry-running the metrics-generator
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An often most reliable solution is by running the metrics-generator in a dry-run mode.
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Using the dry-run mode generates metrics but does not collecting them, thus not writing them to a metrics storage.
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A good practice, before fully enabling metrics-generator, is to run the metrics-generator in dry-run mode.
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Using the dry-run mode generates metrics but does not collect them, and thus will not write them to a metrics storage database.
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The override `metrics_generator.disable_collection` is defined for this use-case.
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To get an estimate, run the metrics-generator normally and set the override to `true`.
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Then, check `tempo_metrics_generator_registry_active_series` to get an estimation of the active series for that set-up.
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To get an estimate, set the override to `true`, and run the metrics-generator as you would normally.
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Then, check `tempo_metrics_generator_registry_active_series` for the calculated estimation of active series for your set-up.

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