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Time-series database
Optimised for timestamped metrics and sensor data with downsampling.
When to use
- Location history, IoT telemetry, market ticks
Pitfalls
- High-cardinality tags explode storage
Options by provider
The first option is what diagrams show for that provider.
Amazon Web Services
- Amazon TimestreamManaged
Google Cloud
- BigtableManaged
Microsoft Azure
- Azure Data ExplorerManaged
Open source / self-hosted
- TimescaleDBSelf-hosted
- InfluxDBSelf-hosted
Used in
- Uber
- Location history — Every GPS point for analytics and disputes
- Live sports scores
- Play-by-play — Every event for replay and stats