The window a timestamp falls in, and when that window ends.
The index becomes part of the key, so a new window is a new entry that starts at zero: no cleanup
job, no read-modify-write, and an entry that ages out on its own. It also makes every instance of a
distributed application agree on where the boundary is, without talking to each other.
The window a timestamp falls in, and when that window ends.
The index becomes part of the key, so a new window is a new entry that starts at zero: no cleanup job, no read-modify-write, and an entry that ages out on its own. It also makes every instance of a distributed application agree on where the boundary is, without talking to each other.