Thanks, the 'database per user' approach seems indeed the most appropriate.
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 11:44:30 PM UTC+2, Sean Beckett wrote: > > Retention policies are enforced based on the timestamp of the point, not > when the point was written. There is no way in the system to drop data > based on write time. Presumably you could give each user their own > database, or databases, and when the time limit has expired, simply DROP > DATABASE. > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Mathias Herberts <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I was wondering if RPs only took into consideration the timestamps of the >> datapoints or if they could be configured to consider the time at which the >> data was inserted into the db. >> >> My question is to understand how RPs should be enforced for users who >> want to insert large historical datasets covering several years but should >> not be allowed to keep the data they uploaded past a certain amount of time. >> >> If RPs are not the way to go, how could this be done? >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/d11bb8f6-facc-4bf1-b67d-54c9b45718c3%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/d11bb8f6-facc-4bf1-b67d-54c9b45718c3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> 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/b261ad0d-4f05-4b06-8c26-5e785f3203d3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
