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In this page we're listing some external resources to learn more about the Cortex blocks storage.

## Talks

### Scaling Prometheus: How We Got Some Thanos Into Cortex

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## Articles

- [How to switch Cortex from chunks to blocks storage (and why you won’t look back)](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/19/how-to-switch-cortex-from-chunks-to-blocks-storage-and-why-you-wont-look-back/) (Oct 2020)
- [Now GA: Cortex blocks storage for running Prometheus at scale with reduced operational complexity](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/06/now-ga-cortex-blocks-storage-for-running-prometheus-at-scale-with-reduced-operational-complexity/) (Oct 2020)
- [Scaling Prometheus: How we’re pushing Cortex blocks storage to its limit and beyond](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/08/12/scaling-prometheus-how-were-pushing-cortex-blocks-storage-to-its-limit-and-beyond/) (Aug 2020)
- [How blocks storage in Cortex reduces operational complexity for running Prometheus at massive scale](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/07/29/how-blocks-storage-in-cortex-reduces-operational-complexity-for-running-prometheus-at-massive-scale/) (Jul 2020)
