move_chunk() Community

TimescaleDB allows users to move data (and indexes) to alternative tablespaces. This allows the user the ability to move data to more cost effective storage as it ages. This function acts like the combination of the PostgreSQL CLUSTER command and the PostgreSQL ALTER TABLE…SET TABLESPACE command.

Unlike these PostgreSQL commands, however, the move_chunk function employs lower lock levels so that the chunk and hypertable are able to be read for most of the process. This comes at a cost of slightly higher disk usage during the operation. For a more detailed discussion of this capability, please see the Data Tiering documentation.

Required Arguments

Optional Arguments

Sample Usage

SELECT move_chunk(
  chunk => '_timescaledb_internal._hyper_1_4_chunk',
  destination_tablespace => 'tablespace_2',
  index_destination_tablespace => 'tablespace_3',
  reorder_index => 'conditions_device_id_time_idx',
  verbose => TRUE
);