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Send native histograms to Mimir
Prometheus native histograms are a data type in the Prometheus ecosystem that enable the following use cases:
- Produce, store, and query a high-resolution histogram of observations. Use native histograms with exponential buckets in your instrumentation for this purpose.
- Store classic histograms in a more resilient and cost effective way, without changes to instrumentation. Use native histograms with custom buckets for this purpose.
The following topics cover each use case:
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