InfluxDB and Recorder/History

Team sorry to bother but I’m confused.

How the
InfluxDB - Home Assistant

relate to
Recorder - Home Assistant
Activity - Home Assistant
History - Home Assistant

I’m little confused on how and if they relate

thank you
M

InfluxDB is a completely different and seperate database.

Ok, so I can load there all data for historical reason, analytics etc… and use the recorder etc for a shot time ?

The database updates in real time. You can’t load previously recorded data.

Okm sorry what I ment is that Recorder History and Activities show me what happened in the past.
InfluxDB is just written from HA… is not read.

Correct?

Because I’ve moved Recorder on MariaDB so I was wondering if InfluxDB was a replacement of MariaDB but I think the answer is no :slight_smile:

MariaDB is a good general purpose DB for Home Assistant itself. It stores your history, logbook, states, events, and recorder data in a database HA understands well.

InfluxDB is really good for analyzing that data over time. It is especially good if you want long-term graphs, trends, energy data, cery detailed Grafana dashboards, and lots of sensor history. (aka technical uses outside HA)

Incorrect. You can also create InfluxDB sensors. InfluxDB - Home Assistant