Types
- InfluxDB Cloud: Data platform on the Cloud in AWS or other Cloud Provider. You need pay a subscription service and only in Europe (Frankfurt).
- InfluDB Enterprise: A subscription for install on Cloud or on-premise.
- InfluxDB OSS: Open Source solution for on premise. No HA or clustering
Architecture for HA/Clustering
Meta nodes
Meta nodes hold all of the following meta data:
- all nodes in the cluster and their role
- all databases and retention policies that exist in the cluster
- all shards and shard groups, and on what nodes they exist
- cluster users and their permissions
- all continuous queries
Data nodes
Data nodes hold all of the raw time series data and metadata, including:
- measurements
- tag keys and values
- field keys and values