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Discuss the 'Bucket Pattern' for Time-Series data.
Updated May 1, 2026
Short answer
The Bucket Pattern involves grouping data points (e.g., by hour) into a single document to reduce index size and improve IO.
Deep explanation
Instead of 3600 documents per hour for a per-second metric, you store one document with an array of 3600 measurements.
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