In this small blog post I will talk about when to use a time series database and why to use InfluxDB for this. But first of all I need to explain what time series data is. Time series data is data where the time aspect is the most important characteristic. This means every data record contains a timestamp. Time series doesn’t mean the data is always ingested sequentially. The time intervals can be at regular or irregular intervals. Examples of time series data are: Sensor data from IoT sensors. Metrics from monitored IT systems. Click data from users in web … Continue reading InfluxDB for time series data