Database optimized for storing and querying time-stamped data like sensor readings or metrics. Like a specialized filing system designed for tracking how things change over time.
Manufacturing companies use time series databases to store and analyze machine performance data over months and years.
Amazon Timestream is a purpose-built managed time series database. Azure Data Explorer is a managed analytics database optimized for log and time-series-style telemetry with Kusto Query Language. Google Cloud Bigtable is a wide-column database commonly used to store time-series data at high scale (often paired with analytics tools). OCI does not offer a direct, purpose-built time series database; OCI Streaming is often used to ingest time-stamped events, which are then stored in another database or analytics service.