--- title: Blog | QuasarDB | quasardb description: quasardb | --- [![Quasar](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/logo-1.svg?t=1538728673587)](https://quasardb.net/) - [What is Quasar?](https://quasar.ai/what-is-quasar/) - [Deployment & Pricing](https://quasar.ai/deployment-pricing/) - [Blog & News](https://quasar.ai/blog-news/) - Company - [About us](https://quasar.ai/about/) - [Contact us](https://quasar.ai/contact/) - [Support & Services](https://quasar.ai/support-services/) - [Documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/master/) # Blog [![](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/grant-durr-RdVLMZBPscI-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/dont-write-your-own-persistence-layer-why-we-chose-rocksdb) ## [Don’t write your own persistence layer: why we chose RocksDB](https://blog.quasar.ai/dont-write-your-own-persistence-layer-why-we-chose-rocksdb) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 04 Jun 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Our use case In a nutshell, Quasar helps you anticipate the unpredicted. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/dont-write-your-own-persistence-layer-why-we-chose-rocksdb) Tags: [c++](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/c), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [rocksdb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/rocksdb), [leveldb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/leveldb) [![](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/release_process.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/improving-our-release-process) ## [Improving our release process](https://blog.quasar.ai/improving-our-release-process) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 27 May 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) You might have noticed that we didn't release QuasarDB 3.9.0 on May 4th, 2020, as our previous release schedule would have commanded. Since the beginning of the year, QuasarDB's user base grew faster than we anticipated, creating many pain points in our release process, especially the QA phase. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/improving-our-release-process) Tags: [process](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/process), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [release](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/release) [![](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/images_stocks-1.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/timeseries-what-are-asof-joins) ## [Timeseries: what are ASOF joins?](https://blog.quasar.ai/timeseries-what-are-asof-joins) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 30 Jan 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) In [QuasarDB](https://www.quasardb.net/)3.5 we introduced ASOF joins. If you're new to timeseries databases, you may be confused about what ASOF joins are, and how useful they are. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/timeseries-what-are-asof-joins) Tags: [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [capital markets](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/capital-markets), [asof](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/asof) [![](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/shipping.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/why-we-are-changing-our-release-process) ## [Why we are changing our release process](https://blog.quasar.ai/why-we-are-changing-our-release-process) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 20 Jan 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/why-we-are-changing-our-release-process) Tags: [management](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/management), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [release](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/release) [![chuttersnap-l75UcYjdiC0-unsplash-1](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/chuttersnap-l75UcYjdiC0-unsplash-1.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/ingesting-10-billion-rows-of-timeseries-data-in-95-seconds) ## [Ingesting 10 billion rows of timeseries data in 95 seconds](https://blog.quasar.ai/ingesting-10-billion-rows-of-timeseries-data-in-95-seconds) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 12 Dec 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Timeseries data = ingestion challenges If there’s one thing that’s hard when managing **timeseries data is just the sheer amount of it**. Timeseries data has volume built-in because it’s cumulative. You don’t want a single picture: you want the whole movie! [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/ingesting-10-billion-rows-of-timeseries-data-in-95-seconds) Tags: [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [time series](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/time-series), [performance](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/performance) [![mushon-tamir-1417810-unsplash](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/mushon-tamir-1417810-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/introducing-delta4c-a-high-speed-adaptive-lossless-compressor-for-timeseries) ## [Introducing Delta4C: a high speed, adaptive, lossless compressor for timeseries](https://blog.quasar.ai/introducing-delta4c-a-high-speed-adaptive-lossless-compressor-for-timeseries) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 08 May 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) > This post is part of a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it. ## Why compression matters so much for timeseries data Whatever database engine you are using, efficient disk storage is always welcomed. When your 10 GiB become 100 GiB once in the database, that’s never a nice thing! [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/introducing-delta4c-a-high-speed-adaptive-lossless-compressor-for-timeseries) Tags: [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [time series](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/time-series), [performance](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/performance), [compression](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/compression), [managed](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/managed) [![daniel-olah-631653-unsplash](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/daniel-olah-631653-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/should-you-care-about-performance) ## [Should you care about performance?](https://blog.quasar.ai/should-you-care-about-performance) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 29 Apr 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) > This post is part of a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it. ## You don’t care about performance When we started selling [QuasarDB](https://www.quasardb.net/), we focused on its performance advantages and touted how great they were. The logic behind that was obvious: we were very strong in this area; thus we should bring the battle to where we are strong! [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/should-you-care-about-performance) Tags: [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [software](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/software), [time series](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/time-series), [performance](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/performance) [![chris-liverani-552652-unsplash](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/chris-liverani-552652-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/benchmarking-timeseries-ingress) ## [Benchmarking timeseries ingress](https://blog.quasar.ai/benchmarking-timeseries-ingress) Posted by [Edouard](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/edouard) on 16 Apr 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) > This post is part of a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it. ## Purpose of an ingress benchmark When evaluating a timeseries database management system (later referred as TSDBMS or TSDB), one important dimension is the ingress speed (a.k.a. insertion or ingestion), that is, how fast the database can store new data points. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/benchmarking-timeseries-ingress) Tags: [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [time series](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/time-series), [performance](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/performance) [![vault_small-2](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/vault_small-2.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/07/18/secure-by-default) ## [Secure by default](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/07/18/secure-by-default) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 18 Jul 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The security debacle. As a database user or administrator, you may have learnt that [MongoDB recently took a very serious hit](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/09/mongodb/). A hit of [over 28,000](https://snyk.io/blog/mongodb-hack-and-secure-defaults/) hacked installs. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/07/18/secure-by-default) Tags: [Security](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/security), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![aaron-barnaby-142800](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/aaron-barnaby-142800.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/04/10/time-series-in-quasardb) ## [Time series in quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/04/10/time-series-in-quasardb) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 10 Apr 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) At first an interrogation - At the beginning, there was a question. Why are we waiting for machines to give us an answer? Why aren't we able to analyze everything in real time? 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