Introduction to InfluxDB
InfluxDB is developed by InfluxData. It is an open source, big data, NoSQL database that allows for massive scalability, high availability, fast write, and fast read. As a NoSQL, InfluxDB stores time-series data, which has a series of data points over time. These data points can be regular or irregular type based on the type of data resource. Some regular data measurements are based on a fixed interval time, for example, system heartbeat monitoring data. Other data measurements could be based on a discrete event, for example, trading transaction data, sensor data, and so on.
InfluxDB is written on the go; this makes it easy to compile and deploy without external dependencies. It offers an SQL-like query language. ...
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