InfluxDB internals
This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.7 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v2.7 documentation.
InfluxDB storage engine
An overview of the InfluxDB storage engine architecture.
InfluxDB file system layout
The InfluxDB file system layout depends on the operating system, package manager, or containerization platform used to install InfluxDB.
InfluxDB shards and shard groups
Learn the relationships between buckets, shards, and shard groups. InfluxDB organizes time series data into shards when storing data to disk. Shards are grouped into shard groups.
InfluxDB system buckets
InfluxDB system buckets contain time series data used by and generated from the InfluxDB monitoring and alerting system and the task engine.
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