InfluxDB CEO here. It's true that Bolt's performance is horrible if you're writing individual small data points. It gets orders of magnitude better if you batch up writes. The new architecture of InfluxDB allows us to safely batch writes without the threat of data loss if the server goes down before a flush (we have something like a write ahead log).
Basically, when the new version comes out, all new comparisons will need to be done because it's changing drastically.
Basically, when the new version comes out, all new comparisons will need to be done because it's changing drastically.