Managing Cylinders - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Database Reference

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VantageCloud
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Lake
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Teradata VantageCloud Lake
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Published
February 2025
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2025-11-21
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Setting Free Space Percent Limits

You can control the Free Space Percent (FSP) at the global and table level using the following parameters.

Parameter Description
FREESPACE = n of a CREATE/ALTER TABLE statement n percent of cylinder space to remain free on each cylinder when bulk loading this table (where n is an integer constant).

For Object File System tables, this is a default setting that you cannot change.

DEFAULT FREESPACE of an ALTER TABLE statement Reset the current free space percent for a table at the global or table level. DEFAULT FREESPACE resets Free Space to the value defined in the FreeSpacePercent field in DBS Control.

For Object File System tables, this is a default setting that you cannot change.