chunks_detailed_size()

Get detailed information about disk space used by chunks

Since 0.2.0

Get information about the disk space used by the s belonging to a , returning size information for each table, any indexes on the , any toast tables, and the total size associated with the . All sizes are reported in bytes.

If the function is executed on a distributed , it returns disk space usage information as a separate row per node. The access node is not included since it doesn’t have any local data.

Additional metadata associated with a can be accessed via the timescaledb_information.chunks view.

Samples

SELECT * FROM chunks_detailed_size('dist_table')
  ORDER BY chunk_name, node_name;

     chunk_schema      |      chunk_name       | table_bytes | index_bytes | toast_bytes | total_bytes |       node_name
-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------
 _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_1_chunk |        8192 |       32768 |           0 |       40960 | data_node_1
 _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_2_chunk |        8192 |       32768 |           0 |       40960 | data_node_2
 _timescaledb_internal | _dist_hyper_1_3_chunk |        8192 |       32768 |           0 |       40960 | data_node_3

Arguments

The syntax is:

SELECT * FROM chunks_detailed_size('<hypertable_name>');

Name	Type	Default	Required	Description
hypertable	REGCLASS	-	✔	Name of the hypertable

Returns

Column	Type	Description
chunk_schema	TEXT	Schema name of the
chunk_name	TEXT	Name of the
table_bytes	BIGINT	Disk space used by the table
index_bytes	BIGINT	Disk space used by indexes
toast_bytes	BIGINT	Disk space of toast tables
total_bytes	BIGINT	Total disk space used by the , including all indexes and TOAST data
node_name	TEXT	Node for which size is reported, applicable only to distributed s

If executed on a relation that is not a , the function returns NULL.