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panuwong
Nimbostratus
Apr 07, 2026CPU load when Prometheus is scraping metrics from F5 BIG-IP LTM
We are experiencing an issue where Prometheus is scraping metrics from F5 BIG-IP LTM, causing high CPU and memory utilization on the F5 device. Initial step, we have adjusted the scraping interva...
Anoop_Jayadharan
Cirrostratus
Jun 02, 2026Hey panuwong
Are you running a standalone Prometheus instance to pull the metrics from the BIG-IP, or is it part of the F5-AST setup?
In either case, take a look at whether multiple jobs are active for the same target. If an option is available, set the concurrent_workers to 1.
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