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What is InfluxDB?

The InfluxDB is a time series database from InfluxData headquartered in San Francisco. As an observability solution, it is designed to provide real-time visibility into stacks, sensors and systems. It is available open source, via the Cloud as a DBaaS…

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Product Demos

Node.js metrics demo in Play with Docker (using InfluxDB & Grafana)

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Demo Ansible Playbook | InfluxDB + Telegraf + Grafana

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Performance Testing Solution K6 & Integration with InfluxDB, Grafana and Jenkins.

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InfluxDB Clustering, Monitoring and Data Exploration Demo - June 2016

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InfluxDB Clustering, Monitoring and Data Exploration Demo

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InfluxDB CLI Demo

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Product Details

What is InfluxDB?

The InfluxDB is a time series database from InfluxData headquartered in San Francisco. As an observability solution, it is designed to provide real-time visibility into stacks, sensors and systems. It is available open source, via the Cloud as a DBaaS option, or through an Enterprise subscription.

The InfluxDB Cloud edition is a cloud-native application that scales elastically with use. The workload demands fluctuate, and InfluxDB Cloud is designed to offer real-time observability at any scale. Finally, the InfluxDB Enterprise subscription turns any InfluxData instance into a production-ready cluster that can run anywhere. InfluxDB Enterprise is run by the user on the user's infrastructure — on-premise, private cloud, public cloud, or edge. InfluxDB Enterprise is sold through an annual subscription based on the number of nodes needed to meet business needs.

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Learn how to monitor your system metrics by automatically configuring Telegraf in InfluxDB Cloud. Be sure to sign up from InfluxDB Cloud and download Telegraf prior to following this demonstration. Speaker: Samantha Wang, Product Manager Sign up for InfluxDB Cloud: https://...
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Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Users have found the integrated Dashboards in Influx highly beneficial for monitoring and visualizing critical data. They appreciate the software's effectiveness in time series data analysis and alerting on threshold changes. Influx has successfully been utilized by users to collect and visualize real-time data series from sensors and applications. The holistic view provided by the Influx user interface allows users to effectively monitor the performance of their applications during testing. Leveraging the Infux DB dashboard, users can easily monitor various utilization metrics across their instances, such as response time, throughput, CPU, memory, disk, and network. Additionally, the software provides convenient alerting capabilities to notify relevant parties for necessary actions.

Users have seamlessly integrated Influx with their applications and are impressed with the one-stop web page for monitoring upgrades. The software proves to be effective for collecting and monitoring data from batches, enabling users to easily track running time and compare results. Furthermore, Influx has successfully addressed challenges related to data availability and robust data transfers with minimal lag. Users have leveraged the software for bandwidth consumption optimization, data modeling using time series forecasting, and real-time data processing or monitoring. In terms of query performance, Influx excels particularly when time is the main parameter. Users have harnessed the power of InfluxDB to store telemetry information from thousands of machines and utilize this valuable information for monitoring and reporting purposes.

High Availability and Scalability: Many users appreciate the high availability and scalability of InfluxDB, making it suitable for handling large amounts of data. Several reviewers have mentioned that they can rely on InfluxDB to efficiently handle their data needs, allowing them to scale their applications without worrying about performance issues.

Real-time Performance: The real-time performance of InfluxDB is impressive, with fast query execution times and low latency. Numerous users have praised its ability to provide quick insights and analysis on real-time data. This makes it an ideal choice for tasks such as real-time monitoring and data analysis.

Ease of Use in Querying and Processing Data: Users find one of the key strengths of InfluxDB lies in its ease of use when querying, filtering, and processing data. They appreciate the built-in data explorer, dashboard building capabilities, and alert mechanisms that simplify these tasks. Several reviewers have expressed their satisfaction with how intuitive it is to work with InfluxDB's interface for data manipulation.

Difficult Learning Curve: Some users have mentioned a slight learning curve when using the TICK stack components, particularly with understanding the query language used in InfluxDB. They acknowledged that it could be their own problem but still found it challenging to grasp the concepts and syntax of the language.

Lack of Direct Plugins/Integrations: Several users have expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of direct plugins or integrations available for InfluxDB. They stated that they had to develop most of the out-of-box solutions themselves, which added extra effort and time to their implementation process.

Documentation and Tutorial Difficulties: Users have found the documentation of the database difficult to understand and suggested the need for better tutorials. They also mentioned that InfluxDB's documentation could be improved overall, as it was not always clear and comprehensive enough to provide effective guidance for beginners.

Users have recommended using InfluxDB for a variety of use cases due to its remarkable data storage and querying abilities. It is also suggested for fast and efficient data visualization, especially for enterprise organizations. Additionally, users advise starting with a small on-premise setup when implementing InfluxDB and then deciding between on-premise and cloud-based solutions as usage grows to achieve the lowest cost implementation. These recommendations highlight the versatility, performance, and cost-effectiveness of InfluxDB as a time series database solution.

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InfluxDB is being used by our IT teams in conjunction with other products (Grafana, Kafka, Chronograf). This allows us to analyze and troubleshoot issues based on metrics collected across our IT infrastructure within InfluxDB. So far, InfluxDB is performing extremely well in terms of data indigestion and query speeds. We will continue using this software as it absolutely meets our requirements.
  • Time series data
  • Very fast queries
  • Many options to configure and tune database
  • GUI based administrator console
InfluxDB is a time series database and should be used in that intent. Each data ingestion streams should be properly configured to ensure optimal database performance. InfluxDB works very well but like any other databases requires maintenance and tuning. We have been using the TICK stack and are very happy with the results.
  • Help accelerate problem resolution time
We have worked with the InfluxDB support team a few times so far and it has been positive. Issues submitted are worked on promptly and we have good feedback.
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