storage.md

Where the data lives

Two databases rather than one general-purpose one, because a wide distributed load and a stream of timestamps are not the same problem.

In active use

Replaces "Postgres for everything" where the load is wide and distributed. Predictable latency at volume.

Where: platform cores, high load
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In active use

For anything with a timestamp: metrics, events, change history.

Where: metrics, events, analytics
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