> during indexing e.g. cpu.total{env=prod,host=a} [id: 1] Right, how do you know... | Hacker News

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		lopkeny12ko on Sept 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Timeseries Indexing at Scale > during indexing e.g. cpu.total{env=prod,host=a} [id: 1] Right, how do you know at write-time that cpu.total{env=prod,host=a} is ID 1? The user only supplies the metric name and tags.

lopkeny12ko on Sept 2, 2024 [–]

Like, I can't imagine these are autoincrementing IDs. Because then every time a user writes a new value for cpu.total{env=prod,host=a}, you'd end up with a new unique timeseries ID.

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