Purpose
Specifies the amount of time in minutes that the background temperature-based block-level compression (TBBLC) task waits after compressing or uncompressing data before checking for other data to process. This field is effective only when TBBLC is enabled.
Field Group
Compression
Valid Range
1 through 120 minutes
Default
10 minutes
Changes Take Effect
The first time the background compression task runs after the DBS Control Record has been written.
Usage Notes
If the whole MI is scanned and no data requires compressing or uncompressing, AutoTempComp sleeps for a period defined by TempBLCRescanPeriod before checking again.
BLC enables data compression at the data block (DB) level of the Teradata Database file system. Compression reduces the amount of storage required for a given amount of data. The BlockLevelCompression field of DBS Control enables and disables BLC.
Data temperature refers to the frequency of access. Hot data is frequently accessed. Cold data is infrequently accessed. Warm data is accessed moderately frequently. TBBLC automatically compresses colder data to save storage space, and decompresses the data if it becomes hotter. At any time, different portions of a table, such as different partitions, may exist in different states of compression depending on their temperatures.
Related Topics
| For more information on… | See… |
|---|---|
| Block-Level Compression | Database Design |
| BLOCKCOMPRESSION table attribute | SQL Data Definition Language - Syntax and Examples |
| Enabling TBBLC | EnableTempBLC |
| Ferret COMPRESS, UNCOMPRESS, and FORCE commands | Ferret Utility (ferret) |
| Query bands for compression | SQL Data Definition Language - Syntax and Examples |
| Storage group of DBS Control fields | Storage Group |