We gather all types of data from our systems when we adopt monitoring technologies and tools. We might, for example, want to see application metrics, database logs, and network traffic side-by-side. We don't always talk about the differences in these types of data, so today we're covering a question I get asked most often: what is the difference between metrics and events?
See if you can spot the differences!
Flux Windowing and Aggregation
Today, we’re talking about queries. Specifically, we’re talking about Flux queries, the new language being developed at InfluxData. You can read about why we decided to write Flux and check out the technical preview of Flux.
If you’re an InfluxDB user, you’re probably using InfluxQL to write your queries, and you can keep writing it as long as you want. However, if you’re looking for an alternative or you’ve hit some of the boundaries of InfluxQL, it’s time to start learning Flux.