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Storing IoT time-series data: InfluxDB vs TimescaleDB for asset tracking

DEV Community·Smrati·6 months ago
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Millions of data points per day in your asset tracking solution? Location logs, sensor readings, status messages – all generate millions. The way you store your data influences dashboard performance, querying capabilities, and even your infrastructure bill. Check out which of the two below can help you make the right choice.

Two options

InfluxDB

Custom-built time-series database

A completely new database optimized to handle time-series workloads. Own query language, own storage engine, own everything – specifically tailored to writing a lot of data.

Built from scratch

Query language – Flux

TSM engine

TimescaleDB

PostgreSQL time-series extension

A PostgreSQL database extension with hypertables and built-in time-series optimization features.…

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