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If you want to drop data after a retention period, TimescaleDB is also great here. If you're going to delete millions of rows from a standard Postgres table, it
by GordonS 6y ago
If you want to drop data after a retention period, TimescaleDB is also great here. If you're going to delete millions of rows from a standard Postgres table, it can take a long time and require a lengthy vacuum to recover space - with TimescaleDB it's almost instant, since behind the scenes it is simply deleting the files (chunks) that fall within the time range.