InfluxDB is the real deal for time series!
Rating: 9 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
We use InfluxDB to provide a performant and scalable time series database for business intelligence, system statistics, and customer usage. InfluxDB allows us to effectively throw as much data as we can at the database while reducing it into usable and performant data when accessed. Our relatively small team of engineers was able to research and implement the database setup and implement a working data input model into our application in a short two weeks.
Pros
- Scalability - InfluxDB scales so well and even lets you create a database cluster without needing a database administrator.
- Data Reduction - InfluxDB's primary use case is to allow the data to be input at any interval or speed regardless of the volume of data. The way this is later queried is by reducing the data based on the input data.
- Quick start - Unlike other monolithic time series database it can easiliy startup with just a few minutes of reading their documentation
- Cloud Native - This database engine is made to operate in Docker & cloud first!
Cons
- Small, but growing community - This database engine's community is much smaller than alternatives. This can make finding a DBA or support less easy, but not impossible.
- Documentation could be improved - The docs for getting started don't effectively lead first-time users to understand how the underlying systems are designed.
- Performance Analysis - There seems to be a lack of tools to give context to slow queries or other performance issues
- Out-of-the-box security - The out of the box security is designed to operate in an internal network and is limited.
Likelihood to Recommend
InfluxDB is the perfect database for stats or other time-based data that would overwhelm SQL or NoSQL databases. This makes reporting, graphs, and other parts of your application simple to implement. The multitude of functions to allow data to be analyzed and reduced makes this a very powerful database engine.
I would NOT recommend InfluxDB for any non-time-based data.
I would NOT recommend InfluxDB for any non-time-based data.
JY
Jonathan Yarbor
CEO & Co-Founder in Research & Development at Nodecraft (Computer Games, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
2 years of experience