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The Rise of Open Source Time Series Databases
Time series databases are essential tools in any software engineer’s toolbelt. Their development has been shaped by user needs and countless open source contributors, leading to the healthy ecosystem of options we see today. In this article, you’ll see how time series databases came about, and why so many are open source.
Open Source Software Licenses vs Revenue Growth Rates
A software license change may have a short term impact on revenue, but the long-term damage can be consequential and take time to fix. Read our CTO’s take on open source software licenses vs revenue growth rates.
Performance optimization techniques in time series databases: sync.Pool for CPU-bound operations
This blog post is the fourth in the series of blog posts based on the talk about ‘Performance optimizations in Go’, GopherCon 2023. It is dedicated to various optimization techniques used in VictoriaMetrics for improving performance and resource usage.
Performance optimization techniques in time series databases: Limiting concurrency
This blog post is a third in the series of the blog posts based on the talk about ‘Performance optimizations in Go’, GopherCon 2023. It is dedicated to various optimization techniques used in VictoriaMetrics for improving performance and resource usage.
Performance optimization techniques in time series databases: function caching
This blog post is a second in the series of the blog posts based on the talk about ‘Performance optimizations in Go’, GopherCon 2023. It is dedicated to various optimization techniques used in VictoriaMetrics for improving performance and resource usage.
Performance optimization techniques in time series databases: strings interning
This blog post is a first in the series of the blog posts based on the talk about ‘Performance optimizations in Go’, GopherCon 2023. It is dedicated to various optimization techniques used in VictoriaMetrics for improving performance and resource usage.
The BSL is a short-term fix: Why we choose open source
In this blog post, we’ll explain the controversy over the BSL, and why we believe remaining open source helps businesses remain sustainable for the long-term.
Why we generate & collect logs: About the usability & cost of modern logging systems
This blog post looks at what logs are and why they matter, why logs are generated and collected as well as at the costs associated with that. It also provides details on why VictoriaLogs should be considered over similar solutions.
Save network costs with VictoriaMetrics remote write protocol
Save network bandwidth costs when transferring data to VictoriaMetrics starting from v1.88
VictoriaMetrics Long-Term Support (LTS): Commitment, Current and Next LTS Versions
Overview of LTS releases, commitment from the VictoriaMetrics team about them, and migration from one LTS to another