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InfluxDB 3 Core is a complete rewrite in Rust with blazing-fast performance, diskless object storage, native SQL support, and embedded Python for custom logic. InfluxDB creator Paul Dix gives a full tour of what’s new, what’s changed, and what it unlocks for developers, SREs, and time series enthusiasts alike. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & Use Cases 01:39 – Time Series 101 02:38 – Data Model 04:10 – Line Protocol 05:09 – Schema on Write 07:05 – Ingest Expectations 08:08 – InfluxDB Versions 09:39 – Why a Rewrite 10:38 – Infinite Cardinality 11:34 – SQL Support 12:29 – Object Storage Model 15:12 – Core Highlights 16:04 – Write APIs 17:10 – Query APIs 19:24 – System Tables 20:40 – Last Value Cache 22:56 – Distinct Value Cache 23:54 – Python Processing Engine 25:35 – WAL Trigger 26:51 – Scheduled Trigger 27:42 – Request Trigger 28:27 – Plugin Cache 29:30 – Query Window Limits 30:37 – What’s Next Links: 📚 Read the InfluxDB 3 Core blog post: https://www.influxdata.com/blog/influ... ☁️ Grafana Cloud is the easiest way to get started with Grafana dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces. Our forever-free tier includes access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces and more. Sign up: https://grafana.com/get/?src=yt&mdm=s... ❓ Have a question that isn't related to this video? Check out the Official Grafana Community Forums: https://community.grafana.com/?src=yt... ----- 👍 If you found this video useful, be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more helpful Grafana videos. 📱 Follow us for the latest and greatest on all things Grafana and our other OSS projects. X: (  / grafana  ) LinkedIn: (  / grafana-labs  ) Facebook: (  / grafana  ) #Grafana #Observability #InfluxDB #GrafanaCON #Rust #OpenSource #OSS

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