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Ignition and TimescaleDB: the Perfect Pairing

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Author
Doug Pagnutti
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1,249
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20
Language
English
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Summary

Ignition's SQL Historian is designed to store tag history in PostgreSQL, but its standard setup struggles with time-series workloads due to PostgreSQL's row-oriented architecture. To address these limitations, TimescaleDB, a PostgreSQL extension, optimizes performance by automatically partitioning data into chunks, allowing for efficient time-series data management. This integration with TimescaleDB enhances Ignition's capabilities by maintaining fast data ingestion and transactional guarantees while offering the scan efficiency of a time-series specific tool. The process involves setting up a database connection, configuring the SQL Historian, and converting tables to hypertables, ensuring seamless handling of large volumes of industrial data.

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