1. Concepts

This section describes various concepts and features that QuasarDB offers.

• 1.1. Batch inserter
  • 1.1.1. Purpose
  • 1.1.2. APIs
  • 1.1.3. Insertion modes
  • 1.1.4. Options
  • 1.1.5. Batch size
  • 1.1.6. Usage
• 1.2. Async Pipelines
  • 1.2.1. When to Use Async Pipelines
  • 1.2.2. Understanding Write Amplification
  • 1.2.3. How Async Pipelines Work
  • 1.2.4. Configuration Options
  • 1.2.5. Monitoring and Metrics
  • 1.2.6. Visualizing Async Pipeline Activity
  • 1.2.7. Considerations and Best Practices
• 1.3. Compaction and Trimming
  • 1.3.1. LSM-Tree Fundamentals
  • 1.3.2. Compaction
  • 1.3.3. Trimming (MVCC Cleanup)
  • 1.3.4. Best Practices: Trimming Before Compaction
• 1.4. Streaming changes and continuous queries
  • 1.4.1. Purpose
  • 1.4.2. Features
  • 1.4.3. Limitations
  • 1.4.4. When to use
  • 1.4.5. Pacing
  • 1.4.6. When not to use
  • 1.4.7. How it works
  • 1.4.8. Available modes
  • 1.4.9. Server configuration
  • 1.4.10. C Programming
  • 1.4.11. Python programming
• 1.5. Deduplication
  • 1.5.1. Purpose
  • 1.5.2. Implementation
  • 1.5.3. Alternatives
• 1.6. Parallelism
  • 1.6.1. Server-side parallelism
  • 1.6.2. Client-side parallelism
• 1.7. Shards
  • 1.7.1. Purpose
  • 1.7.2. Example
  • 1.7.3. Choosing the correct shard size
• 1.8. Storage Optimization Techniques
  • 1.8.1. LSM, Compaction, and SST Concepts
• 1.9. Symbol columns
  • 1.9.1. Definition
  • 1.9.2. Purpose
  • 1.9.3. Usage
  • 1.9.4. Use Case