description Amazon Timestream Overview
Amazon Timestream is a fully managed, scalable, time series database service in the AWS cloud designed to ingest, store, and analyze high volumes of time-series data generated by IoT devices, applications, and operational systems.
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What is Amazon Timestream used for?
Amazon Timestream is a managed AWS database for time-series data, where each record is associated with a time. Common uses include IoT telemetry, application metrics, operational monitoring, and device data.
Does Amazon Timestream support IoT data?
Yes, it is designed to ingest large volumes of timestamped readings from devices and applications. A smart meter, sensor fleet, or service-monitoring system can store measurements and query them over time.
What is the difference between Timestream for LiveAnalytics and Timestream for InfluxDB?
Timestream for LiveAnalytics is Amazon’s serverless time-series database service with its own query model. Timestream for InfluxDB is a managed InfluxDB option intended for workloads built around the InfluxDB engine and its APIs.
Does using Amazon Timestream require running database servers?
The service is managed by AWS, so the customer does not normally provision and maintain database machines. The customer still manages data design, retention settings, permissions, queries, and AWS billing.
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