Been using InfluxDB for a rather long time now and while I've had my share of the problems (including https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17768860) generally I do like the ecosystem a lot. When it works it just works and it's awesome.
That said while TickScripts are not exactly a pleasure write, I wouldn't say a new language is pretty high on my wantlist. For example, as the blog post states:
> We also need to add features for backup & restore, bulk data import and export, and data deletes.
I'd take any of those over a new query language any day now. Especially the restore part is at the moment nearly completely non-existing after backup format change in InfluxDB, so good luck if you happen to run into data loss or just want to move around data in general. Same goes for data deletion outside of whole measurements.
I am hopeful that those features arrive before a 2.0 launch and hopefully in some sort of backwards compatible way (or at least ported to Influx 1.x).
Hi, I'm one of the engineers working on the storage side of InfluxDB. Improving the performance of adhoc deletes, as well as import/export (backup/restore) are features that my team will be actively working on in the coming weeks and months.
> We also need to add features for backup & restore, bulk data import and export, and data deletes
Interesting to see that we at VictoriaMetrics also pay attention to these features. Backup and restore already works - see below. Bulk data import and export plus data deletes for arbitrary metrics selectors will be available soon.
Those are indeed blockers for a full 2.0 release. There is backup and restore in the 1.7 release, but it's not nearly as powerful as it needs to be. We aim to correct that before any full GA release of 2.0.
That said while TickScripts are not exactly a pleasure write, I wouldn't say a new language is pretty high on my wantlist. For example, as the blog post states:
> We also need to add features for backup & restore, bulk data import and export, and data deletes.
I'd take any of those over a new query language any day now. Especially the restore part is at the moment nearly completely non-existing after backup format change in InfluxDB, so good luck if you happen to run into data loss or just want to move around data in general. Same goes for data deletion outside of whole measurements.
I am hopeful that those features arrive before a 2.0 launch and hopefully in some sort of backwards compatible way (or at least ported to Influx 1.x).