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by linsomniac 2606 days ago
I've been using InfluxDB for ~3 years now for storing metrics (almost exclusively via Telegraf, a few custom ones), and it has been great! It replaced a collectd setup and dramatically decreased load across my fleet.

When I first started using it, it was pretty early and had some issues. In fact, I nearly trashed it. I also didn't like the pull vs. push model from Prometheus. They ended up resolving the InfluxDB issues I was having right as I was about to give up on it, and it's been solid since. I use it with Grafana to generate graphs of system use. I set it up before TICK was a thing.
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h1d 2606 days ago
I was about to like InfluxDB but ever since people say it eats memory and your data, I stopped caring.

https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki/FAQ

("How does VictoriaMetrics compare to InfluxDB?")

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linsomniac 2606 days ago
That hasn't been my experience. I've been running it for ~3 years in our dev, stg, and prod environments. Prod is using 1.5GB of RAM on a 5GB instance. I've never had a data loss issue.
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