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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion docs/en/observability/apm/configure/sampling.asciidoc
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=== Storage limit
The amount of storage space allocated for trace events matching tail sampling policies. Caution: Setting this limit higher than the allowed space may cause APM Server to become unhealthy.

If the configured storage limit is insufficient, it logs "configured storage limit reached". The event will bypass sampling and will always be indexed when storage limit is reached.
If the configured storage limit is insufficient, it logs "configured storage limit reached". When the storage limit is reached, the event will be indexed or discarded based on the <<sampling-tail-discard_on_write_failure-{input-type},Discard On Write Failure>> configuration.

Default: `3GB`. (text)

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| Fleet-managed | `Storage limit`
|====

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[id="sampling-tail-discard_on_write_failure-{input-type}"]
=== Discard On Write Failure
Defines the indexing behavior when trace events fail to be written to storage (for example, when the storage limit is reached).
When set to `false`, traces bypass sampling and are always indexed, which significantly increases the indexing load.
When set to `true`, traces are discarded, causing data loss which can result in broken traces.

Default: `false`. (bool)

|====
| APM Server binary | `sampling.tail.discard_on_write_failure`
| Fleet-managed (version 8.19+) | `Discard On Write Failure`
|====

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