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From: =?UTF-8?q?Peter=20=C5=A0tibran=C3=BD?= <pstibrany@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:21:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment about Thanos, external labels and downsampling.
 (#2122) (#2362)
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* Add comment about Thanos, external labels and downsampling.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* Explain how Mimir uses external labels from Thanos.
Removed section on metaconvert.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* Apply Nick's suggestions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* Apply suggestions from review.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* Be explicit about what user should do in different scenarios.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* make doc

* Apply review feedback.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* Don't mention label used by compactor at all.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>

* Add notes about rewriting blocks and offline deduplication.

Signed-off-by: Peter Štibraný <pstibrany@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 78f18f51fa138782def1bf4bf80015e0388d6d7f)