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Over the past few days my Grafana + Prometheus stack has begun to churn far more CPU than usual, the web UI feels sluggish, and the graphs occasionally show empty gaps. I need a seasoned Grafana / Prometheus troubleshooter to dig in, pinpoint the bottleneck, and restore smooth, complete monitoring. Here is what I am after: • Diagnose and eliminate the recent CPU spike on the Grafana server (Ubuntu, Prometheus scraping multiple node-exporters). • Find out why some series disappear briefly and correct the root cause—whether that is scrape errors, query load, retention settings, or anything else you uncover. • Build a clean, focused dashboard that shows only the essentials I care about: CPU usage, Memory usage, Disk usage, Uptime, Bandwidth In/Out, and Network Speed In/Out—nothing more. I’ll grant SSH and Grafana admin access in a staging window that suits us both. Once the fixes and new dashboard are in place I’ll verify that: 1. CPU utilisation is back to its historical baseline while Grafana loads promptly. 2. No data gaps appear during a full monitoring cycle. 3. The new dashboard displays each of the metrics above accurately and updates in real time. If this sounds straightforward to you, let’s get started.
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Hi there, We can help diagnose the Grafana CPU spike, review Prometheus scrape behavior, and identify why the series gaps are appearing. We will also rebuild a clean dashboard focused on CPU usage, Memory usage, Disk usage, Uptime, Bandwidth In/Out, and Network Speed In/Out with a decision-ready layout. One point to confirm is whether any scrape interval, retention, or dashboard changes were made before the slowdown began. Best Regards, 8veer
$250 AUD in 2 days
6.0
6.0

Hi, I can troubleshoot your Grafana and Prometheus environment to identify the cause of the CPU spike, resolve the missing metric gaps, and optimize the monitoring stack for stable performance. I will analyze scrape configurations, query performance, retention settings, and system resources to restore smooth operation. I will also create a clean, real-time dashboard displaying CPU usage, Memory usage, Disk usage, Uptime, Bandwidth In/Out, and Network Speed In/Out, ensuring accurate and responsive monitoring. Best regards Muhammad
$220 AUD in 3 days
5.7
5.7

Hi there, Your Grafana stack suddenly spiking CPU, web UI going sluggish, and graphs showing empty gaps—sounds like a classic Prometheus scrape issue or a query gone wild. I can dig into your Ubuntu server and fix both the performance regression and the data dropout. What I'll do: ✅ Profile Grafana + Prometheus processes, scrape configs, and retention settings to pinpoint the exact CPU bottleneck and data-gap root cause. ✅ Tune Prometheus scrape intervals/limits and Grafana query caching so the UI snaps back and graphs stay solid. ✅ Build a clean, focused dashboard with only CPU, Memory, Disk, Uptime, Bandwidth In/Out, and Network Speed In/Out, updating in real time. ✅ Take a full config backup before touching anything so we can roll back instantly if needed. ✅ Ubuntu & Prometheus/node-exporter troubleshooting ✅ Grafana performance tuning & dashboard design ✅ PromQL query optimization & retention analysis ✅ Real-time network & system monitoring ✅ Microsoft® Certified: MCSA | MCSE | MCT ✅ 300+ projects delivered, 280+ five-star reviews Why me: I’ll keep you in the loop with fast updates and won’t close the ticket until you confirm the dashboards are exactly how you want them. Quick question—how many node-exporters are being scraped, and are you using a standalone Prometheus or the Grafana Agent? I can deliver this in 2 days for 164 AUD and can start right now—just say the word.
$164 AUD in 2 days
5.9
5.9

Hi, I am a software developer with 8 years of rich experience in software development, with a background in system administration and monitoring infrastructure. I am familiar with Grafana, Prometheus, Ubuntu, Performance Tuning, Network Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring, Data Visualization, Troubleshooting, and System Administration. For this project, I can diagnose the root cause of the CPU spike and missing metrics, optimize your Grafana and Prometheus configuration, and build a clean real-time dashboard focused on CPU, memory, disk, uptime, bandwidth, and network speed. I'm an individual freelancer and can work on any time zone you want. Please contact me with the best time for you to have a quick chat. Looking forward to discussing more details. Thanks. Emile.
$250 AUD in 7 days
5.6
5.6

With your Grafana + Prometheus stack experiencing performance issues on Ubuntu, I, Farooq, am the troubleshooter you need to restore optimal functionality. Having spent over a decade in the field of IT and services, I have become adept at diagnosing issues and finding effective solutions promptly. My work with vendors like Cisco, Fortinet, Mikrotik, and Palo Alto has honed my skills in resolving network and system bottlenecks efficiently. Your stated requirements mesh perfectly with my expertise in Network administration, Virtualization, System administration (with both Linux and Microsoft servers), as well as my grasp on Operating Systems including Ubuntu. Further differentiating me is my wide-ranging experience in Cloud computing with OVH, Google, AWS, Digital Ocean, showcasing my adaptability to multiple platforms. What really sets me apart is my commitment to best practices. In troubleshooting your CPU spike issue and eliminating data gaps, I'll meticulously delve into each possible cause, be it retention settings or query load. Finally, generating a clean-dashboard highlighting relevant metrics will be an integral part of my solution just as you desire. In closing, engaging with me guarantees 24/7 availability for prompt responses and efficient project delivery. I'm excited to get started! Let's bring your Grafana monitoring back to its former efficient self together.
$250 AUD in 3 days
5.6
5.6

Having spent over a decade working within Ubuntu and undertaking tasks ranging from system administration to cloud engineering, my skillset directly aligns with your project requirements. As a troubleshooter, I am equipped to efficiently detect and tackle any performance bottlenecks in your Grafana + Prometheus stack. I excel at resolving CPU spikes, handling node-exporter scraping as well as ensuring smooth data gathering and consistent query response. Creating comprehensive dashboards is a facet of my role that I thoroughly enjoy, and one that would be of enormous benefit to this project. By focusing only on the metrics you care about—CPU, Memory, Disk Usage, Network Speed In/Out etc—I will optimize the dashboard for efficiency while ensuring accuracy through real-time updates. In addition to these skills, my experience with managing large datasets allows me to detect anomalies such as incomplete series or gaps in data. Throughout my career, I've extensively worked on identifying such issues quickly and providing long-term solutions to prevent their recurrence. Let's collaborate on this project: you maintain access to your staging environment while I put my skills to work guaranteeing peak performance.
$200 AUD in 2 days
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5.4

Hi, I can help you diagnose and resolve the CPU issues in your Grafana and Prometheus stack. I have extensive experience troubleshooting these environments, particularly with handling CPU spikes and data gaps. I'll examine your node-exporters, query load, and retention settings to identify the root causes of the performance slowdown. Also, I can create a streamlined dashboard that will only display the essential metrics you need. In my last project, I successfully optimized a similar Grafana stack for a client, resulting in significantly improved response times and data accuracy. I can get started right away, delivering everything within 2 days for $[Price]. Are there specific metrics you'd like me to prioritize when building the new dashboard?
$70 AUD in 2 days
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3.3

Node exporter spiking Prometheus CPU with data gaps almost never comes down to hardware, it's usually the scrape interval overlapping the exporter's own collection window, or a label set (device, mountpoint, interface) that's grown unbounded and is blowing up cardinality on every scrape. Both produce exactly the symptom you're describing, spikes plus intermittent gaps, and both are fixable without touching the box's actual capacity. I'd start by pulling the current scrape configs and checking target scrape duration against scrape_interval, then look at TSDB head series count and find which metric or label is running away. That diagnosis also tells me exactly which time series to keep once I build the dashboard, since CPU, memory, disk, uptime and bandwidth in/out is a small, clean set and the panels should only be querying what's needed rather than the whole default export. One clean milestone: root cause fix (scrape config and cardinality corrections) plus a rebuilt dashboard limited to those five metrics, delivered in 4 days for 450 AUD. This is an indicative estimate from the brief, I'll give you a firm quote once I've seen the actual configs and can see what's driving the cardinality. Is this bare-metal Prometheus and Grafana or containerized, and roughly how many nodes are being scraped?
$450 AUD in 4 days
3.4
3.4

Hi, I can troubleshoot your Grafana + Prometheus stack, reduce the recent CPU spike, fix missing graph data gaps, and build a clean essentials-only monitoring dashboard. The best solution is to first review Grafana server load, Prometheus scrape targets, query performance, datasource settings, retention, scrape intervals, panel queries, logs, and node-exporter health. Then I’ll identify whether the issue is caused by heavy dashboards, bad PromQL queries, scrape failures, resource limits, retention pressure, or network/exporter interruptions, and apply the correct fix. I’m comfortable with Grafana, Prometheus, Ubuntu, node-exporter, PromQL, dashboard optimization, scrape troubleshooting, CPU/load analysis, missing-series debugging, server monitoring, performance tuning, and clean visualization setup. Deliverables will include: * Grafana/Prometheus performance diagnosis * CPU spike root-cause fix * Missing data gap investigation * Scrape target health review * PromQL/dashboard query optimization * Log and resource check * Clean monitoring dashboard * CPU, memory, disk, uptime metrics * Bandwidth and network speed panels * Final verification and handover notes I’ll focus on restoring smooth Grafana performance, eliminating data gaps, and giving you a simple real-time dashboard with only the key metrics you need. Best regards Ankit
$50 AUD in 1 day
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3.5

I've spent the last three years running Grafana + Prometheus on production trading infrastructure, including automated export/deploy of dashboards and tracking node-exporter metrics across AWS clusters, so a stack that suddenly burns CPU and drops series is familiar ground. Two symptoms, usually two different causes. A sudden CPU jump on Prometheus tends to be cardinality or query load: one node-exporter emitting a high-churn metric, or a dashboard panel running an expensive rate() over a long window on every refresh. The brief gaps in your graphs are separate. The common culprit is scrape_timeout firing before a slow target finishes, so a handful of scrapes get dropped and you see a hole. What I'd do in the staging window: - Read Prometheus' own metrics first (scrape_duration_seconds, tsdb head series, rule eval time) to locate the CPU source before I touch any config. - Fix the gaps at the root: align scrape_interval and scrape_timeout, confirm no targets are flapping, review retention and compaction. - Build the focused dashboard you asked for: CPU, Memory, Disk, Uptime, Bandwidth In/Out, Network Speed In/Out, and nothing else. One thing that would let me scope it fast: how many node-exporter targets is Prometheus scraping, and at what scrape_interval? That alone tells me whether we're chasing a cardinality problem or a query-load one. I can hop on the staging window whenever suits you.
$150 AUD in 3 days
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Given my extensive experience with system administration, troubleshooting, and specifically with Ubuntu environments, I am well-equipped to diagnose and resolve the performance bottlenecks in your Grafana + Prometheus stack. I will identify the root causes of CPU spikes and data gaps by thoroughly analyzing your setup. Additionally, I will design a streamlined dashboard focusing only on your key metrics for optimal monitoring. My approach ensures responsiveness and accuracy, restoring your system’s health efficiently. Let’s optimize your monitoring stack promptly for reliable and real-time insights.
$100 AUD in 3 days
3.1
3.1

Hello, I've reviewed your Grafana+Prometheus issues and will pinpoint the CPU spike, eliminate data gaps, and restore smooth monitoring. I'll profile Prometheus scrapes and queries, tune retention, optimize Grafana performance, and harden the pipeline. Provide SSH and Grafana admin during a staging window and I'll deliver fixes plus a focused dashboard showing CPU, Memory, Disk, Uptime, Bandwidth and Network Speed. Best regards, Wilfred
$120 AUD in 1 day
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3.1

As an experienced DevOps engineer, I am well-versed in handling complex software performance issues, and I'm confident I can help restore the optimal functionality of your Grafana + Prometheus stack. My proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS and GCP, and technologies like Docker and Kubernetes make me adept at troubleshooting large-scale systems efficiently. In my previous projects, I have consistently demonstrated the ability to locate the root causes of system issues, which aligns perfectly with your requirement to identify the CPU spike on your Grafana server and the sudden disappearance of data series. Moreover, my familiarity with Prometheus itself as a monitoring tool will prove invaluable in pinpointing any irregularities in its scraping process or query workload.
$140 AUD in 3 days
2.9
2.9

I appreciate the opportunity to assist you with your Grafana and Prometheus stack. I understand the performance issues you’re experiencing, particularly the CPU usage spikes and data gaps in your dashboard. My experience with Grafana and Prometheus makes me well-suited to diagnose these issues and implement effective solutions. I will begin with a thorough analysis to identify the cause of the CPU spikes, focusing on the Ubuntu server setup and the Prometheus scrapes of your node-exporters. Additionally, I will investigate any scrape errors or misconfigurations that may cause data to disappear intermittently. For your dashboard, I will design a streamlined interface that prioritizes essential metrics like CPU, Memory, Disk usage, and Network bandwidth, ensuring real-time readability and performance. I'll grant you access to monitor progress and provide updates as we implement changes. Collaboration and clear communication will be key throughout this process, so I look forward to working closely with you. What specific performance metrics have you noticed fluctuating the most recently? Thank you for considering my proposal. I am eager to get started on this project! Best regards, Talha
$30 AUD in 14 days
3.0
3.0

Your requirements are clear, and I'm confident this can be delivered with accuracy, quality, and zero unnecessary complexity. I've reviewed your requirements, and I can diagnose the root cause of the recent Grafana/Prometheus performance issues and restore a stable monitoring environment. I'll investigate CPU usage, scrape performance, query efficiency, retention settings, and any configuration bottlenecks to eliminate the data gaps while improving dashboard responsiveness. What I'll deliver: Diagnose and resolve the CPU spike, slow Grafana performance, and missing metric series. Optimize Prometheus scraping, queries, and retention settings for reliable monitoring. Build a clean dashboard showing CPU, Memory, Disk, Uptime, Bandwidth, and Network Speed in real time. Verify performance improvements and provide documentation of all changes made. A few quick questions: Approximately how many node-exporters/targets are currently being scraped? Have there been any recent updates to Grafana, Prometheus, or Ubuntu before the issue started? Are you using local storage only, or any remote storage integrations such as Thanos or VictoriaMetrics? Regards, Solves Inn
$100 AUD in 3 days
2.6
2.6

Hi — a sudden CPU spike + sluggish UI + gaps in the graphs on a Grafana/Prometheus stack is a specific signature, and I've debugged this exact combination on Ubuntu. Gaps usually mean Prometheus scrapes are timing out or being dropped, and that same overload is what spikes CPU — so the two symptoms are likely one root cause, not two. Where I'd look first: Prometheus TSDB load (high-cardinality metrics/labels exploding series count is the #1 cause of sudden CPU + missed scrapes), scrape_interval vs. evaluation load, and any heavy dashboard queries hammering the datasource on short refresh. I'd confirm with Prometheus's own metrics (tsdb head series, scrape duration) rather than guess, fix the root (drop/relabel runaway cardinality, tune retention/queries), then verify the graphs fill in cleanly. Rating 5.0 stars. Can you share the Prometheus version + roughly how many targets/series, and when the spike started (any config or exporter change around then)? — Ricardo
$180 AUD in 5 days
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2.6

I would treat this as a Grafana/Prometheus performance diagnostic first, then a focused dashboard cleanup. The key issue is usually not only Grafana CPU usage itself, but a combination of heavy PromQL queries, scrape failures, high-cardinality metrics, slow panels, retention/storage pressure, or node-exporter scrape timing problems. I would first review the Grafana server load, Prometheus targets, scrape errors, query performance, panel queries, and relevant logs. Then I would apply the smallest safe fixes, verify one full scrape/monitoring cycle, and build a clean dashboard for CPU, memory, disk, uptime, bandwidth in/out, and network speed in/out only. I can document the changes clearly so you know what caused the spike and what was adjusted. One question: did the CPU spike start after adding new node-exporters, changing dashboards, or updating Grafana/Prometheus?
$220 AUD in 2 days
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YES_--------I have hands-on experience troubleshooting Grafana and Prometheus environments and can identify the root cause of the CPU spike, intermittent data gaps, and performance issues by analyzing scrape intervals, Prometheus configuration, queries, retention, and system resources. I'll optimize the stack, verify stable real-time data collection, and build a clean dashboard focused on CPU, Memory, Disk, Uptime, Bandwidth, and Network Speed, ensuring reliable performance before production rollout. Parminder
$299 AUD in 4 days
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Hey there, I'm Vishal Maharaj, a Data Visualization and System Administration expert with 25 years of experience based in Perth, Australia. I understand your need for optimizing Grafana performance and creating a streamlined monitoring dashboard. I would approach the project by diagnosing and resolving the CPU spike on the Grafana server, identifying and fixing the root cause of disappearing series, and designing a focused dashboard displaying essential metrics. I will ensure CPU utilization returns to normal, eliminate data gaps, and verify real-time accuracy of the new dashboard. Let's discuss further details and get started on achieving your monitoring goals. Cheers, Vishal Maharaj
$250 AUD in 7 days
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Good to see this project, We will diagnose the CPU spike, fix the data gaps, and deliver a focused dashboard with your six core metrics. First step: we will check scrape intervals, query evaluation rules, and retention config. Overlapping or high-cardinality queries are the most common cause of sudden CPU surges. We will also inspect Prometheus targets for scrape timeouts causing those empty gaps. A couple of quick things to confirm: 1) How many node exporters are currently being scraped, and at what interval? 2) Are you running any recording rules or alerting rules in Prometheus? The number quoted here is a starting estimate. The exact cost and timeline will be confirmed after we go through the full scope together. Looking forward to discussing further. Best regards, Faizan
$90 AUD in 5 days
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