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+NOTE: For version 8.5 and above we recommend <<downsampling,downsampling>> over
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+rollups as a way to reduce your storage costs for time series data.
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To preserve flexibility, Rollup Jobs are defined based on how future queries may need to use the data. Traditionally, systems force
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the admin to make decisions about what metrics to rollup and on what interval. E.g. The average of `cpu_time` on an hourly basis. This
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is limiting; if, in the future, the admin wishes to see the average of `cpu_time` on an hourly basis _and_ partitioned by `host_name`,
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