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Managed Time-Series Database

A purpose-built database optimized for time-stamped data like metrics, IoT sensor data, and financial time series. Timestream/InfluxDB Cloud alternative.

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Side Project4-6 months

The Problem

Time-series databases are essential for IoT, monitoring, and analytics workloads. European companies handling sensitive operational data lack a sovereign managed time-series database option.

Foreign Dominators

US-based services that currently dominate this space, exposing European users to CLOUD Act jurisdiction.

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AWS Timestream

Amazon

CLOUD Act exposure

Build This

Complexity

Side Project

Time to MVP

4-6 months

Technical Challenges

  • *Efficient time-series compression
  • *High-cardinality tag indexing
  • *Downsampling and retention policies
  • *SQL-like query language support
  • *Grafana integration

Potential Business Models

SaaSmanaged-hostingOpen Core

Building Blocks (Open Source)

TimescaleDBInfluxDBQuestDBVictoriaMetrics