How TimescaleDB compresses time-series data
TimescaleDBPostgreSQLhypercorecompressiontime-series datadatabase management
Author: lkanwoqwp
Date: 6/15/2026
Article Summary:
TimescaleDB achieves compression of up to 98% for time-series data by using a hybrid row-columnar engine called hypercore, which exploits numeric structure, monotonicity, and repetition in the data.