Cube is a system for collecting timestamped events and deriving metrics.
Cube is a system for collecting timestamped events and deriving metrics. Originally developed for internal use at Square, it was released in 2011 under the Apache license.
Cube is designed for internal use only. Cube does not provide access control, so any data you put into Cube can be queried by anyone that can access your evaluator. You can separate the collector and evaluator, and use a firewall to prevent access to the collector. We may add some type of access control in the future if there is demand for user-facing applications.
Another method of access control is to hide Cube behind a secure, authenticated proxy. Even then, be aware that Cube is not yet hardened against denial-of-service attacks and other malicious requests, and is still in the early stages of development.
Cube can be used in production on streams up to several thousand requests per second (nearly a billion requests per day). Please see the Performance and Scaling notes.
