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Re: Launch HN: QuestDB (YC S20) – Fast open source time series database

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Post by PeterCorless » Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 6:43 PM UTC

mpsq wrote: post #57

avthar wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps the QuestDB team could add it to the Time Series Benchmarking Suite [1]? It currently supports benchmarking 9 databases including TimescaleDB and InfluxDB. [1] https://github.com/timescale/tsbs

This is a great idea, we will have a look! It is good to see that the ecosystem is moving towards a normalized / "standard" benchmarking tool.

Love it! And agree. Hopefully this has the same broad effects the same way YCSB benchmark or Jepsen testing really helped level the playing field.

Re: Launch HN: QuestDB (YC S20) – Fast open source time series database

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Post by GordonS » Sun, Aug 02, 2020, 10:23 AM UTC

gregmac wrote: post #120

shay_ker wrote: post #12

Absolutely love the story. TimescaleDB & InfluxDB have had a lot of posts on HN, so I'm sure others are wondering - how do we compare QuestDB to them? It sounds like performance is a big one, but I'm curious to hear your take on it.

Is also be interested in hearing when is QuestDB not a good choice? Are there use cases where TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, ClickHouse or something else are better suited?

If you are already using Postgres, then TimescaleDB is a natural fit - not having to deploy and manage a separate service is a real boon. You can also join with non-TimescaleDB tables, so if you need to combine time series data with regular relational data, that's another advantage.

Re: Launch HN: QuestDB (YC S20) – Fast open source time series database

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Post by GordonS » Sun, Aug 02, 2020, 11:57 AM UTC

TheRealNGenius wrote: post #119

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I noticed lately that a majority of show/launch hn posts I click on have text that is muted. I know this happens on down voted comments, but is this saying that people are down voting the post itself?

I've noticed this when I post "Ask HN" questions too - text seems to be muted immediately though, regardless of votes. It's kind of confusing since, as you say, elsewhere this means a comment has been downvoted.