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Nov 8, 2023 56 min

InfluxDB 3 & Rust

from Cloud Native Compass Hosted by Rawkode Academy

InfluxDB, a time series database, underwent a major rewrite to create InfluxDB 3.0, also known as IOx. The decision to rewrite the database was driven by the need for strict control over memory management and high performance.

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InfluxDB 3 & Rust

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  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 0:57 Guest Introduction: Paul Dix, InfluxDB Co-founder & CTO
  3. 1:51 The Decision to Rewrite InfluxDB (IOX)
  4. 2:00 Rewriting InfluxDB in Rust
  5. 2:26 Challenges with the Original InfluxDB Architecture (Cardinality Problem)
  6. 7:30 External Factors Driving the Rewrite (Cloud, Object Storage, Kubernetes)
  7. 10:13 Why Rust?
  8. 11:38 The New Architecture: IOX, Apache Arrow, Parquet, DataFusion
  9. 16:16 The Decision to Build on Apache Projects
  10. 18:10 The Journey to Naming it InfluxDB 3.0
  11. 20:34 Observability Data (Logs, Metrics, Traces) and Infinite Cardinality
  12. 20:45 The Observability Database
  13. 22:48 Storing vs. Querying Different Observability Data Types
  14. 28:05 Current Use Cases and Challenges for InfluxDB 3.0
  15. 33:45 What the Flux?
  16. 33:47 Query Languages: SQL, InfluxQL, and Flux
  17. 34:35 InfluxQL and SQL Support in InfluxDB 3.0
  18. 35:52 The Future of Flux
  19. 42:14 Flux Community Fork and Language Polarization
  20. 44:45 OpenSource & Licensing
  21. 44:54 Open Source Licensing and Vendor Motivations
  22. 48:25 Industry Distrust from License Changes
  23. 51:54 InfluxDB 3.0 Licensing Future and Foundations
  24. 54:57 Conclusion and Wrap-up
  25. 55:00 Shameless Plugs

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