Cloud
Timescale Cloud vs. Amazon RDS PostgreSQL: Up to 350x Faster Queries, 44 % Faster Ingest, 95 % Storage Savings for Time-Series Data
Why are developers migrating from Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to Timescale Cloud to handle their time-series data workloads? Our benchmark (and an array of Timescale Cloud's features) answer the question: faster queries, faster ingest, and 95 % storage savings for time-series data.
Cloud
Do More on AWS With Timescale Cloud: 8 Services to Build Time-Series Apps Faster
Timescale Cloud integrates seamlessly into the AWS ecosystem of tools and services. Learn about the most popular AWS tools that Timescale customers incorporate into their data architectures to speed up development time.
PostgreSQL
Read Before You Upgrade: Best Practices for Choosing Your PostgreSQL Version
PostgreSQL upgrades have been known to be a bit of a controversial issue in the community. In this article, we will take the mystery out of the question of when an upgrade is appropriate and how Timescale Cloud allows you to do it as swiftly as possible.
Docs
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Cloud
Database Management: Behind-the-Scenes Lessons From a Data Architect
If you’re a technologist (or a data architect, like myself) who does not miss freezing data centers or jumping through the loops of database management, these lessons are for you. Here’s what you need to think about when running your database in production, and why there may be a better way.
PostgreSQL
A PostgreSQL Developer's Perspective: Five Interesting Patches From September's Commitfest
Welcome to our new blog series! Every other month, Timescale’s developer advocate, Chris Travers, will use his PostgreSQL developer perspective to feel the pulse of the beloved database by looking into new commitfest patches.
Observability
Using PostgreSQL as a Scalable, Durable, and Reliable Storage for Jaeger Tracing
Elasticsearch and Cassandra have traditionally been the only two databases recommended to store Jaeger traces in production. Learn how you can now use PostgreSQL as a certified, durable, reliable storage for Jaeger with Promscale.
Blog
How United Manufacturing Hub Is Introducing Open Source to Manufacturing and Using Time-Series Data for Predictive Maintenance
Read how United Manufacturing Hub is building an open-source Helm chart for Kubernetes that combines information and operational tools and technologies in the manufacturing field—and why they chose TimescaleDB over InfluxDB to do it.
Cloud
Database Indexes in PostgreSQL and Timescale Cloud: Your Questions, Answered
Few features raise more questions than database indexes in the PostgreSQL landscape. Since Timescale Cloud is built on PostgreSQL, we often get questions on the topic. Read this blog post to see all your FAQs about indexing answered.
Cloud
VPC Peering: From Zero to Hero
Are you a newbie to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering? Do you have experience but would like to learn more? Join the Timescale Support Team in a step-by-step guide on configuring VPC peering between Timescale Cloud and AWS to ensure your services will never be exposed to the public internet.
Tutorials & How-tos
13 Tips for Better Data Aggregation in PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB
There are many ways to retrieve data aggregations, but not all will give you the speed and convenience you’re looking for—cue in continuous aggregates. In this blog post, we explain what they are and provide 13 tips to make the most of them.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB: 1,000x Faster Queries, 90 % Data Compression, and Much More
TimescaleDB expands PostgreSQL query performance by 1000x, reduces storage utilization by 90%, and provides time-saving features for time-series and analytical applications—while still being 100% Postgres.
Dev Q&A
How a Data Scientist Is Building a Time-Series Forecasting Pipeline Using TimescaleDB
Data scientist Andrew Engel relies on TimescaleDB and machine learning to build his time-series forecasting side project. The best part? It’s open source. Check out his two libraries so you can start solving time-series problems while quickly generating features directly within your database.
