Time-Series Database Essentials
Understand the core concepts, best practices, and real-world applications of time-series databases
— and unlock the real value of your data
What Is a Time-Series Database and Why Do I Need One?
Explore what time-series databases are, how they work, and why TDengine outperforms others for IoT and industrial data.
Jeff Tao
January 23, 2025 | Time-Series Database Essentials
Can Typical Time-Series Databases Replace Data Historians?
Typical time-series databases are not comprehensive solutions like traditional data historians and cannot fully meet industrial customers’ data processing needs
Jeff Tao
May 8, 2024 | Time-Series Database Essentials
It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Traditional Data Historians
TDengine, a next generation data historian built on a cloud native, open source core, is perfectly positioned to take the place of legacy data historians.
Jeff Tao
September 26, 2023 | Time-Series Database Essentials
High Cardinality in Time Series Data
TDengine 3.0 is the first time series DB to resolve the issue of high cardinality, and this article gives some background into how this was accomplished.
Jeff Tao
August 1, 2023 | Time-Series Database Essentials
Storage Engine Comparison Between TDengine and Prometheus
This article provides a storage engine comparison between TDengine and Prometheus to help developers select the best time-series database for their use case.
Jeff Tao
May 20, 2023 | Time-Series Database Essentials
Data Model Comparison Between Time-Series Databases
This article compares the data models of InfluxDB, TDengine, TimescaleDB, Prometheus, OpenTSDB, and QuestDB to help you select the right TSDB.
Jeff Tao
May 19, 2023 | Time-Series Database Essentials
Characteristics of Time Series Data
This article describes the main characteristics of time series data.
Jeff Tao
May 17, 2023 | Time-Series Database Essentials
Why I’m Still Obsessed with the Time Series Database
Many people ask me what TDengine can bring to the time series database market segment. Let me share with you my thoughts based on a technical analysis.
Jeff Tao
August 27, 2022 | Time-Series Database Essentials
