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title: InfluxDB OSS v1 documentation
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description: Overview of documentation available for InfluxDB.
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menu:
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influxdb_v1:
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name: InfluxDB OSS v1
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weight: 1
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---
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InfluxDB is a [time series database](https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-database/) designed to handle high write and query loads.
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InfluxDB OSS v1 is purpose-built to handle any use case involving large amounts
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of timestamped data and is an integral component of the
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[TICK stack](https://influxdata.com/time-series-platform/).
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Common use cases include:
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- Infrastructure and DevOps monitoring
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- Application metrics and performance monitoring
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- IoT sensor data collection
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- Real-time analytics
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- Events handling
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{{< influxdb/cloud1-note type="oss" >}}
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## Key features
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InfluxDB v{{< current-version >}} supports the following features for working with time series data.
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- Custom high performance datastore written specifically for time series data.
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The TSM engine allows for high ingest speed and data compression
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- Written entirely in Go.
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It compiles into a single binary with no external dependencies.
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- Simple, high performing write and query HTTP APIs.
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- Plugins support for other data ingestion protocols such as Graphite, collectd, and OpenTSDB.
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- Expressive SQL-like query language tailored to easily query aggregated data.
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- Tags allow series to be indexed for fast and efficient queries.
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- Retention policies efficiently auto-expire stale data.
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- Continuous queries automatically compute aggregate data to make frequent queries more efficient.
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InfluxDB OSS v1 runs on a single node.
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If you require high availability to eliminate a single point of failure, consider [InfluxDB 3 Enterprise](/influxdb3/enterprise/),
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InfluxDB's next generation that supports multi-node clustering, allows infinite series cardinality without impact on overall database performance, and
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brings native SQL support and improved InfluxQL performance.
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