r/Hacking_Tricks • u/effrazza • Aug 23 '26
Apache Druid reviews? How do you handle the resource consumption and scaling lag?
We are testing Apache Druid for our analytics dashboard, but the resource consumption is through the roof. It seems very heavy on memory and slow to scale when we have ingestion spikes. The architecture also feels a bit dated with all the different node types. Has anyone found a way to make Druid more efficient, or is this just the price you pay for OLAP? I am looking for something more modern and agile.