FAQ About Grafana

Grafana supports a wide range of databases and data sources that you can connect to for visualization and monitoring purposes. Here are some of the databases and data sources you can connect to using Grafana:

• Prometheus: An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit that specializes in time-series data.
• InfluxDB: A high-performance, open-source time-series database optimized for fast and efficient storage and retrieval of time-series data.
• Elasticsearch: A distributed search and analytics engine used for storing and querying structured and unstructured data, including logs.
• Graphite: An open-source software used for monitoring and graphing time-series data, often used for metrics collection.
• MySQL: A popular open-source relational database management system.
• PostgreSQL: Another open-source relational database management system known for its advanced features and extensibility.
• Microsoft SQL Server: A relational database management system developed by Microsoft.
• Amazon CloudWatch: A monitoring and management service for resources in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Google Cloud Monitoring: A monitoring service for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources.
• OpenTSDB: A distributed, scalable time-series database built on top of HBase.
• Cassandra: A distributed NoSQL database management system known for its scalability and fault tolerance.
• DataDog: A monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale applications.
• Snowflake: A cloud-based data warehousing platform.
• Zabbix: An open-source monitoring solution for network, server, and application monitoring.