Hello Stuart, thanks for reaching out! I see your point!
Would you say that it is possible but not optimal or simply not possible to use Prometheus as a general-purpose database? Also, would it be possible to point out the main technical factors rendering Prometheus unsuitable as a general-purpose database? Thanks again for your tremendous help! Best, Abdel On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 2:19:37 PM UTC+2 Abdelouahab Khelifati wrote: > Hello Stuart, thanks for reaching out! > > I see your point! > > Would you say that it is possible but not optimal or simply not possible > to use Prometheus as a general-purpose database? > > Also, would it be possible to point out the main technical factors > rendering Prometheus unsuitable as a general-purpose dataset? > > Thanks again for your tremendous help! > > Best, > Abdel > On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 2:04:56 PM UTC+2 Stuart Clark wrote: > >> On 27/03/2023 13:01, Abdelouahab Khelifati wrote: >> > Thanks Ben for the answer! >> > >> > Would you have an example of how such data should look? >> > >> > > Also, that doesn't really look like time-series data. Prometheus is >> > a monitoring system, not a generic database. >> > Would that mean that I cannot store such data in standalone >> > Prometheus? My understanding is that Prometheus includes a full TSDB >> > system. >> >> Prometheus does contain a TSDB, but it isn't designed as a general >> purpose database. Instead it is designed to be used for metrics that are >> scraped at a constant rate, only storing numeric values per metric (with >> optional string labels). If you are wanting something more generic, you >> are better off looking at other databases (both timeseries based and >> otherwise). >> >> -- >> Stuart Clark >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/8728b763-2a95-4ffd-9b3d-e872ee658046n%40googlegroups.com.
