How HiTSDB’s New Streaming Aggregation Engine Boosts Query Speed 10×

This article examines the architectural redesign of Alibaba's High‑Performance Time Series Database (HiTSDB), covering storage model changes, inverted‑index enhancements, a pipelined streaming aggregation engine, data‑migration strategies, and performance benchmarks that together deliver over tenfold query speed improvements.

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How HiTSDB’s New Streaming Aggregation Engine Boosts Query Speed 10×

Alibaba Cloud Developer

May 17, 2017 · Databases

How Alibaba Tackles the Massive Challenges of Time‑Series Data Storage

This article details Alibaba's middleware team's exploration of time‑series data characteristics, real‑world monitoring scenarios, the limitations of traditional databases, and the evolution of their custom HiTSDB solution that combines inverted indexing, high‑compression algorithms, and distributed aggregation to meet massive write and query demands.

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How Alibaba Tackles the Massive Challenges of Time‑Series Data Storage