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How Time Series Databases Work–and Where They Don’t

honeycomb.io
2025-12-302021-10-18 by Alex Vondrak
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In my previous post, we explored why Honeycomb is implemented as a distributed column store. Just as interesting to consider, though, is why Honeycomb is not implemented in other ways. So in this post, we’re going to dive into the … Read more

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Why observability requires a distributed column store

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2025-12-302021-08-27 by Alex Vondrak
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Honeycomb is known for its incredibly fast performance: you can sift through billions of rows, comparing high-cardinality data across thousands of fields, and get fast answers to your queries. And none of that is possible without our purpose-built distributed column … Read more

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