Time-Series Data Storage for AI-Driven Analytics

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To implement time-series data storage for AI-driven analytics, you could opt for a managed database service that is designed for time-series data. Two popular choices for such databases in the cloud are AWS Timestream and Azure Time Series Insights. Each service is tailored to efficiently ingest, store, and process time-series data.

Let's take AWS Timestream for instance. AWS Timestream is a fast, scalable, and serverless time-series database service for IoT and operational applications that makes it easy to store and analyze trillions of events per day at 1/10th the cost of relational databases.

Below is a program that sets up an AWS Timestream database and a table for storing your time-series data. You'll be able to use this setup to collect and analyze large amounts of time-series data, which can then be used for AI-driven analytics.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# Create a new Timestream database
timestream_database = aws.timestreamwrite.Database("myTimestreamDatabase")

# Create a Timestream table within the database
# Retention properties are set for memory store and magnetic store
timestream_table = aws.timestreamwrite.Table("myTimestreamTable",
    database_name=timestream_database.name,
    retention_properties={
        "memoryStoreRetentionPeriodInHours": 24,  # Data with current value for recent time intervals is stored in the memory store
        "magneticStoreRetentionPeriodInDays": 7,   # Data with older values are stored more cost-effectively in the magnetic store
    })

# After setting up the database and the table, you can start ingesting time-series data
# to the table using AWS SDKs or AWS IoT Analytics, and then analyze the data using SQL queries in the Timestream Query editor.

# Export the names of the Timestream database and table
pulumi.export("timestream_database_name", timestream_database.name)
pulumi.export("timestream_table_name", timestream_table.name)
```

Here's what each part of the program does:

- We import the necessary Pulumi AWS SDK to interact with AWS services.
- We then create a Timestream database `myTimestreamDatabase` using `aws.timestreamwrite.Database`. This will be the container for your time-series data.
- Afterward, we create a Timestream table `myTimestreamTable` inside the database. The `retention_properties` are specified for the memory store (which handles recent data) and the magnetic store (which is a cost-optimized store for older data).
- Finally, we export the names of the database and table as stack outputs. These outputs can be used to retrieve their names after the deployment.

This setup can ingest data from various sources like sensors, applications, and operations, which can then be analyzed using AI-driven analytics to derive insights from the time-series data. You will need to write additional code to ingest your data into the Timestream database and to integrate it with AI analytic tools.

Keep in mind that the costs for using AWS Timestream will vary based on the volume of data ingested, stored, and queried. Consult the AWS pricing page for more details. To manage costs, you can adjust the retention periods as needed for your particular use case.

If you prefer Azure services, you can do the equivalent using Azure Time Series Insights. Please specify if you'd like to see an example of that or if you have any specific requirements for your time-series data storage setup.