Increase Alloy remote_write max_shards from 3 to 10#274
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Summary
Increase max_shards from 3 to 10 on both control_room and workload
prometheus.remote_write queue_config blocks.
Context
max_shards=3 (set in #270) was too aggressive — workloads with high series
cardinality can't drain their queue fast enough with only 3 concurrent senders
per Alloy pod, causing repeated "Remote storage resharding" log spam and
delayed metric delivery.
max_shards=10 provides enough throughput for high-cardinality workloads while
still limiting the fan-in blast radius during recovery (10 shards × 8 pods ×
9 clusters = 720 max concurrent connections, down from 3,600 at default 50).
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