InfluxDB

InfluxDB is an open-source time series database developed by InfluxData, written in Go, and designed for high-write-throughput workloads where data arrives in continuous streams rather than discrete transactions. First released in 2013, it has become one of the dominant backends for storing metrics, events, and sensor data in DevOps, IoT, and financial analytics. Unlike general-purpose relational databases that treat time as just another column, InfluxDB builds time into its storage engine, query language, and compression algorithms — a design choice that makes it exceptionally efficient for temporal workloads and exceptionally limited for everything else.

Architecture: Time as the Primary Key

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