Battle of Time-series Database (TSDB)

The rise of time-series database is accelerated by massive IoTs. It can provide users low latency queries & distributed storage. Competition of TSDB vendors is dynamic and progressive on which newcomers introduce better & better performance and functionalities. The full comparison is as follows. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sMQe9oOKhMhIVw9WmuCEWdPtAoccJ4a-IuZv4fXDHxM/edit#gid=0

InfluxDB cluster: Setup & Installation

In any good IT platform, main features must be prepared in front, by-design. Scalability and high availability are two must-have capabilities in any big data system today. Out-of-service, inaccessible, server busy, and too long response time are some issues that are avoided by any organization for years. Impressed by the performance of Influxdb compared to … Read moreInfluxDB cluster: Setup & Installation

InfluxDB compression

I’m always amazed at how people improve data storing technique, e.g., Influxdb, a time-series NoSQL database, that not only responds to a query very fast (even aggregation in a long time range) but also draws a substantially less amount of storage space. My smart home project, which collects almost 200 measurement points every 10 second, … Read moreInfluxDB compression