InfluxDB Archives

HomeLab Power Monitoring with Home Assistant, Tasmota, and InfluxDB: Track Electricity Costs and Optimize Your Servers

May 22, 2026

Learn how to build a fully local power monitoring system for your HomeLab using Tasmota smart plugs, Home Assistant, and InfluxDB. Track per-device electricity costs, catch abnormal power draw with automated alerts, and finally understand what your home server setup actually costs to run.

Database

Scaling IoT to Billions of Points: A 6-Month InfluxDB Field Report

May 9, 2026

Real-world lessons from migrating 1,200 IoT sensors from PostgreSQL to InfluxDB. Learn why B-Trees fail at scale and how downsampling can reduce your storage costs by 85%.

HomeLab

HomeLab Hardware Performance Monitoring: A TIG Stack Guide (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana)

March 25, 2026

Learn how to effectively monitor your HomeLab hardware performance from scratch using the powerful Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana (TIG) Stack. This tutorial guides you through installation, configuration, and dashboard creation, based on six months of real-world production experience.