Evaluating Time Series Database Management Systems for Insurance Company

This paper provides the criteria and sources of information that an insurance company should consider when evaluating time series databases for its needs. The company wanted to select either QuestDB or Graphite in order to replace InfluxDB. Selecting a new database is an important process. Like any other successful database management system, the database selected today begins to define the legacy of the company’s future. There are many different parameters that can be used by the company to evaluate the time series database alternatives, and there is no single most correct process for conducting this evaluation. Not only are there many possible pertinent evaluation criteria, but there also is typically a degree of uncertainty about the requirements and characteristics of the target application environment. This paper focuses on evaluation criteria, with emphasis on horizontal scalability and performance.