Distributed Database for Time-Series AI Workload Storage

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To create a distributed database for time-series AI workload storage, you would want to choose a database service that is designed to handle time-series data efficiently. Among the services provided by cloud providers, AWS Timestream and Azure Time Series Insights are specialized for time-series data workloads.

For the sake of an example, let's choose AWS Timestream, which is a scalable, serverless time-series database service for IoT and operational applications. With Timestream, you can easily store and analyze trillions of events per day at 1/10th the cost of relational databases, and its serverless nature allows it to scale up or down to adjust to your application's demands without manual intervention.

Below is a Pulumi program in Python that defines an AWS Timestream database and table, suitable for a distributed time-series workload. This will be a foundational infrastructure for your AI workload, capable of ingesting and querying time-series data efficiently.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# Create a Timestream database.
# This is the first step in setting up a time-series data storage, providing a container for Timestream tables.
ts_database = aws.timestreamwrite.Database("aiTimeSeriesDatabase", database_name="ai_time_series_db")

# Create a Timestream table.
# This table will store your actual time-series data.
# You provide it with a database to live in, its name, and the retention properties -
# these properties define how long your data is stored in the memory and magnetic store.
ts_table = aws.timestreamwrite.Table("aiTimeSeriesTable",
                                     database_name=ts_database.name,
                                     table_name="ai_time_series_table",
                                     retention_properties={
                                         # The duration for which data must be stored in the memory store.
                                         "memory_store_retention_period_in_hours": "24",
                                         # The duration for which data must be stored in the magnetic store.
                                         "magnetic_store_retention_period_in_days": "365"
                                     })

# Export the names of the database and table.
# These outputs can be used to reference the infrastructure in other parts of your system or in other Pulumi programs.
pulumi.export("database_name", ts_database.database_name)
pulumi.export("table_name", ts_table.table_name)
```

Here's what is happening in the program:
- We're using the AWS provider in Pulumi to interact with AWS Timestream.
- `aws.timestreamwrite.Database` is the Pulumi resource that represents an AWS Timestream database. Here it is named "aiTimeSeriesDatabase", and a logical name within AWS Timestream will be "ai_time_series_db".
- `aws.timestreamwrite.Table` is the resource representing a table within that database. It is named "aiTimeSeriesTable" and contains retention policies that specify how long to keep the data in memory and in long-term magnetic storage.

Note that you will need to authenticate with AWS using your `~/.aws/credentials` file or environment variables so that Pulumi can make the necessary API calls on your behalf.

This program lays the groundwork for a robust AI time-series storage solution. You can extend it with additional configuration to adjust to your specific workload needs.