Hello Stuart, thanks for reaching out! I see your point!
My data does contain only numerical data, has a constant rate, and only has one string label. 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 2:04:56 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/ea760a87-969b-4865-bcbb-2f7010f14108n%40googlegroups.com.
