Explore an informative conference talk on Cortex, a scalable and highly available time-series data store based on Prometheus. Gain insights into the project's overview, recent updates, and top production tips. Learn about Cortex's key features, including scalability, availability, multi-tenancy, and durability. Discover how Cortex enhances Prometheus capabilities by enabling storage across multiple servers, handling millions of samples per second, and utilizing cloud stores for data preservation. Delve into the query path, project highlights, and new features such as distributed tracing. Understand recent improvements, block storage implementation, customer feedback, and vulnerability management. Compare Cortex with Thanos and stay updated on the latest project developments in this comprehensive presentation by experts from Grafana Labs and Amazon Web Services.