Hypercore: A Hybrid Row-Columnar Storage Engine for T̶̶̶i̶̶̶m̶̶̶e̶̶̶ ̶̶̶S̶̶̶e̶̶̶r̶̶̶i̶̶̶e̶̶̶s̶̶̶ Real-Time Analytics
Postgres has evolved into a versatile database over the last two decades. However, today's applications often require handling high-performance workloads and real-time analytics. TimescaleDB shines in this area by empowering developers to address both their relational and real-time analytics needs within the trusted Postgres platform. The hybrid row-columnar storage engine, hypercore, allows TimescaleDB to automatically handle high-speed ingestion of new data and efficient querying of large datasets while maintaining flexibility and performance for real-time workloads. Key capabilities of hypercore include chunk micro-partitions, SIMD vectorization, skip indexes, and compression.
Company
Timescale
Date published
Sept. 27, 2024
Author(s)
Ramon Guiu
Word count
1915
Language
English
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