https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.0/concepts/schema_and_data_layout/#don-t-have-too-many-series
Scenario 1 is strongly preferred until the series index can be partially cached to disk. Currently it must reside entirely in RAM. Unbounded tag values will lead to high series cardinality and significant RAM usage, risking frequent OOM conditions. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:28 AM, filipg via InfluxDB < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm working on Kubernetes and I'm trying to understand what is the impact > on InfluxDB performance in the following scenarios: > > 1. I export 1 metric from multiple binaries with a single label "key" > which values are from a predefined set, e.g. it's a hostname of the server > in my datacenter > 2. I export 1 metric from multiple binaries with a single label "key" > which is a random value different for every run of my applications, e.g. > hash of a start timestamp (or a pod name in our example). > > In other words in scenario 1) I have one metrics with a bound set of label > values, in scenario 2) I have one metric with unbound set of label values. > > > What are the implications for the performance? Does it impact reads? > writes? storage size? > > Regards, > Filip > > -- > 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/32f6d612-6c84-4a83-af80-247a053dafe5%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/CALGqCvPemFFpom%2BwD0o9o663spqe%3Dd1N69EWCix3JZuNvc3VCg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
