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What is InfluxDB

InfluxDB  is an efficient, reliable, and schema-less time-series database that can store time-series data. It is a NoSQL database that provides high performance in terms of throughput, compression, and retention. InfluxDB can handle millions of time-stamped data points per second. InfluxDB includes support for real-time storage and analytics, IoT sensor data, and DevOps Monitoring.  Some of the essential components of InfluxDB are : Timestamp  As InfluxDB is a time series database, time is an important essence in it. It stores time in the form of timestamps in the RFC3339 UTC format, which is yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ.  Fields  InfluxDB has a concept of Fields that has components such as Fields keys of string types which are similar to the columns in RDBMS, Fields values that are the actual measured values of any types string, float, integer, or boolean and Fields set is a combination of Fields keys and values.  Tags InfluxDB has one optional component called T...