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How to Store Time-Series Data in MongoDB and Why That’s a Bad Idea

How to Store Time-Series Data in MongoDB and Why That’s a Bad Idea

17 Dec 2020 19 min read

TimescaleDB vs MongoDB: 260 % higher insert performance, up to 54x faster queries, and simpler implementation for time-series data.

Harmonize your database performance with timescaledb-tune

Harmonize your database performance with timescaledb-tune

16 Jan 2019 4 min read

Tuning your TimescaleDB database is essential to leveraging your existing hardware. We built a tool to help you do just that.

You are what you benchmark: Introducing the Time Series Benchmark Suite (TSBS)

You are what you benchmark: Introducing the Time Series Benchmark Suite (TSBS)

9 Aug 2018 5 min read

Taking the BS out of benchmarking with a new framework released by TimescaleDB engineers to generate time-series datasets and compare read/write performance of various databases.

TimescaleDB vs. PostgreSQL for time-series: 20x higher inserts, 2000x faster deletes, 1.2x-14,000x faster queries

TimescaleDB vs. PostgreSQL for time-series: 20x higher inserts, 2000x faster deletes, 1.2x-14,000x faster queries

10 Aug 2017 12 min read

This is the first in a series of performance benchmarks comparing TimescaleDB to other databases for storing and analyzing time-series data.