(Replace this first paragraph with a brief description of your new category. This guidance will appear in the category selection area, so try to keep it below 200 characters.)
Use the following paragraphs for a longer description, or to establish category guidelines or rules:
Why should people use this category? What is it for?
How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have?
What should topics in this category generally contain?
Do we need this category? Can we merge with another category, or subcategory?
Hey @ewamagiera how are you? I’m the principal developer of Arc, thank you for creating the category. Can we update the first paragraph with the following?
Arc is a high-performance columnar analytical database built on DuckDB SQL and Apache Parquet. Query metrics, logs, traces, and events with standard SQL in Grafana.
Why use this category?
This is the place for everything Arc + Grafana — getting started, configuration questions, dashboard examples, migration from InfluxDB or TimescaleDB, and sharing what you’ve built. Whether you’re running Arc OSS on your own hardware or using Arc Cloud, this category is for you.
What makes Arc different?
Arc uses DuckDB SQL — no proprietary query language like Flux to learn. Data is stored in open Apache Parquet format, so your data is always portable and readable by any tool. Arc ingests metrics, logs, traces, and events through a single endpoint at 18.6M records/sec.
What belongs here?
Getting started with Arc as a Grafana datasource
Dashboard configuration and SQL query help
Migrating from InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, or QuestDB to Arc
IoT, observability, and analytics use cases
Sharing dashboards and configurations you’ve built with Arc + Grafana
Bug reports and feature requests related to the Arc Grafana datasource plugin
Many thanks for your email, and it’s nice to e-meet you!
We aim to stick to a simple format mentioning the main links to the documentation, like for Cloudwatch, InfluxDB or Graphite. I believe the GitHub link you shared would be most aligned here, but if there’s any other repository more specific to Grafana + Arc, feel free to let me know.
