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Re:Timescale, an open-source time-series SQL database for Po... by jnordwick on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:21AM (#14987911)
I look forward to a KDB comparison. Please dont forget them.
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Re:Timescale, an open-source time-series SQL database for Po... by trevman on Friday August 11, 2017 @09:19AM (#14989324)
Me too.

At first blush KDB is orders of magnitude faster, especially if using a GZIP card.

But Timescale is open source and not core locked.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Timescale, an open-source time-series SQL database for Po... by continuations on Saturday August 12, 2017 @01:48AM (#14996654)
> At first blush KDB is orders of magnitude faster

Are there actual benchmarks that show KDB being orders of magnitude faster than Timescale? How many orders of magnitude are we talking about?

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