There's no advantage to splitting the metrics across databases. I would advocate starting with
measurement: metrics tags: Name, Server ID, Identifier fields: Property = value for example, metrics,name=disk,ServerID=1234,Identifier=C FreeSpace=1828818944 On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:37 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking to add InfluxDB to a server monitoring application to keep > historical data. We have thousands of servers, each with hundreds of > metrics. > > Each metric has a Name, Property, Identifier and Value. For example, disk > usage would be stored as Name: Disk, Property: FreeSpace, Identifier: C, > Value: 1828818944. > > Can anyone recommend a way of storing this? > > Should I use one DB per server? Should I store multiple servers in a DB > and shard it out? > > For the metrics, should I use tags for Server ID, Name, Property, > Identifier? > > Any input would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxDB" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/influxdb/442d1b27-ad83-4f5c-a021-b2a81eaca509%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvM%2Bp4Vu1aNTdSNSSURUXOrxOL2Kj%3D0bwqudXtUNDL4Sfw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
