Postgres/TimescaleDB

• Postgres

Setup

CREATE TABLE sensor_data (
        time TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL,
        topic TEXT,
        value DOUBLE PRECISION
);

SELECT create_hypertable('sensor_data', 'time');

Insert data via Node-RED

INSERT INTO sensor_data (time, topic, value) VALUES (
    now(),
    '{{{ msg.topic }}}',
    '{{{ msg.payload }}}'
);

Get table size

SELECT hypertable_size('sensor_data');

Links

• https://www.timescale.com/learn/time-series-basics
• https://www.timescale.com/learn/timescale-basics