rename timestamp field to ts

[fzaninotto]

rename timestamp field to ts

[c33s]

quotes from http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Optimizing+Storage+of+Small+Objects

In general it is not necessary to use short field names.

[...] reduces expressiveness to the programmer and is not recommended unless you have a collection where this is of significant concern.

full quote:

Using Small Field Names
Consider a record
{ last_name : "Smith", best_score: 3.9 }
The strings "last_name" and "best_score" will be stored in each object's BSON. Using shorter strings would save space:
{ lname : "Smith", score : 3.9 }
Would save 9 bytes per document. This of course reduces expressiveness to the programmer and is not recommended unless you have a collection where this is of significant concern.
Field names are not stored in indexes as indexes have a predefined structure. Thus, shortening field names will not help the size of indexes. In general it is not necessary to use short field names.

[pgodel]

I have some large collections with millions of docs and it does make a difference.

[fzaninotto]

Uptime cleans up pings older than 3 months (this can be tweaked in the config file). You would need thousands of checks to make the name change significant in size. Are you planning to use Uptime to monitor the whole AWS cloud? 😏

[pgodel]

no, but I was considering using it for a few 1000s checks.

are you using capped collections?

[fzaninotto]

No, the cleanup script removes documents based on their timestamp. But using capped collections would be a great alternative. Would you like to send me a PR?

[fzaninotto]

No feedback in almost a month, closing.