> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify-poc.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Welcome to the Tiger Data documentation! We make Postgres better for your real-time analytics and AI workloads. 

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  <Heading level={1} noAnchor className="font-bold text-4xl mb-4 dark:text-white">Welcome</Heading>

  <p className="text-neutral-600 dark:text-white pb-2">Tiger Data makes Postgres better for your time-series, real-time analytics, and AI workloads.</p>

  <Heading level={2} noAnchor className="font-semibold dark:text-white">Create</Heading>

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    <Card title="Track time-series data" icon="chart-line" href="/manage-data/get-started/get-started-with-timescaledb">
      Store and analyze time-stamped data from IoT sensors, metrics, events, and logs. Automatically partition by time for fast queries.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Build AI apps" icon="brain-circuit" href="/agentic-postgres/index">
      Create intelligent applications with vector search, semantic similarity, and AI-powered analytics. Build RAG systems and recommendation engines.
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    <Card title="Real-time analytics" icon="gauge-high" href="/manage-data/get-started/get-started-with-timescaledb">
      Run complex analytical queries on streaming data with continuous aggregates. Get instant insights from live metrics and events.
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    <Card title="Agentic Postgres" icon="user-robot" href="/agentic-postgres/index">
      Deploy AI assistants that understand and act on your data. Build autonomous agents with memory, reasoning, and decision-making capabilities.
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  <Heading level={2} noAnchor className="font-semibold dark:text-white">Core features</Heading>

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    <Card title="Hypertables" icon="table" href="/manage-data/capabilities/hypertables/understand-hypertables">
      Postgres tables optimized for time-series data with automatic partitioning by time. Scale to billions of rows with fast queries across time ranges.
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    <Card title="Continuous aggregates" icon="arrows-rotate" href="/manage-data/capabilities/continuous-aggregates/understand-continuous-aggregates">
      Materialized views that automatically refresh in the background. Pre-compute expensive aggregations for instant dashboard performance.
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    <Card title="Columnstore" icon="table-cells-row-unlock" href="/manage-data/capabilities/hypercore/understand-hypercore">
      Hybrid row-columnar storage engine for analytics workloads. Achieve 90%+ compression and 100x faster analytical queries.
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    <Card title="AI & vectors" icon="brain-circuit" href="/agentic-postgres/index">
      Vector search with pgvector and pgvectorscale for similarity matching. Build semantic search and recommendation systems at scale.
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    <Card title="pgai" icon="brain" href="/agentic-postgres/pgai/pgai">
      Bring AI models directly to your database with built-in LLM integration. Run embeddings, completions, and reasoning without moving data.
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    <Card title="Retention" icon="clock" href="/api-reference/timescaledb/data-retention/index">
      Automatically delete old data based on time-based policies. Free up storage and maintain performance as your data grows.
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  <Heading level={2} noAnchor className="font-semibold dark:text-white">Deploy and operate</Heading>

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    <Card title="Deploy" icon="rocket" href="/deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/get-started/get-started-with-tiger-cloud">
      Launch your database in minutes on Tiger Cloud or self-host with TimescaleDB. Choose the deployment that fits your requirements.
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    <Card title="Monitor" icon="chart-mixed" href="/deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/monitoring/monitor-using-console">
      Track performance metrics, query statistics, and resource usage in real time. Export to Datadog, Prometheus, or CloudWatch.
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    <Card title="Scale" icon="arrow-up-right-dots" href="/deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/storage/manage-storage-tiers">
      Grow from gigabytes to petabytes with tiered storage and automatic partitioning. Add compute and storage independently as needed.
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    <Card title="Secure" icon="shield-check" href="/deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/data-security/backup">
      Protect your data with automated backups, point-in-time recovery, and high availability. Configure VPC peering and encryption.
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    <Card title="Optimize" icon="gauge" href="/manage-data/capabilities/hypercore/understand-hypercore">
      Improve query performance with compression, indexing strategies, and columnar storage. Tune configurations for your workload.
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    <Card title="Integrate" icon="plug" href="/integrations/index">
      Connect with Grafana, Kafka, LangChain, Terraform, and hundreds of other tools. Works with any Postgres-compatible integration.
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  <Heading level={2} noAnchor className="font-semibold dark:text-white">Choose deployment type</Heading>

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      Tiger Cloud is the fastest Postgres cloud, powered by Tiger Postgres. It enhances Postgres to handle time series, events, real-time analytics, and vector search—all in a single database alongside transactional workloads.
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      TimescaleDB is an open-source Postgres extension designed for running real-time analytics on time-series data. It is engineered up from Postgres and maintains full SQL support.
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  <Heading level={2} noAnchor className="font-semibold dark:text-white">Quick Starts</Heading>

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    <Card title="5-min setup" icon="clock" href="/deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/get-started/get-started-with-tiger-cloud">
      Create your first Tiger Cloud service and connect from your application. Start building in minutes with no infrastructure setup.
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    <Card title="First query" icon="code" href="/deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/get-started/run-queries-from-console">
      Run SQL queries directly from the Tiger Console. Learn the basics of querying time-series and relational data.
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    <Card title="Migrate data" icon="right-left" href="/manage-data/import-and-ingest/live-migration">
      Move your existing PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB database to Tiger Cloud. Use live migration for zero-downtime transitions.
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    <Card title="Build AI app" icon="user-robot" href="/agentic-postgres/index">
      Create a RAG application with vector search and LLM integration. Build intelligent features powered by your data.
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    <Card title="IoT sensor" icon="sensor" href="/tutorials/time-series/simulate-iot-sensor-data">
      Ingest and analyze simulated IoT sensor data with hypertables. Learn time-series best practices with a complete example.
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    <Card title="Analytics dashboard" icon="chart-line" href="/integrations/integrate/grafana">
      Visualize your time-series data with Grafana dashboards and alerts. Connect to Tiger Cloud in minutes.
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  <Heading level={2} noAnchor className="font-semibold dark:text-white">Migration guides</Heading>

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    <Card title="From PostgreSQL" icon="database" href="/manage-data/import-and-ingest/live-migration">
      Migrate your PostgreSQL database to Tiger Cloud with live replication. Minimize downtime and preserve your existing schemas.
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    <Card title="From MySQL" icon="database" href="/manage-data/import-and-ingest/live-migration">
      Convert your MySQL database to PostgreSQL and migrate to Tiger Cloud. Automated tools handle schema translation and data transfer.
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    <Card title="From MongoDB" icon="leaf" href="/manage-data/import-and-ingest/live-migration">
      Move from MongoDB to relational time-series storage. Transform document-based data into optimized time-series tables.
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    <Card title="From InfluxDB" icon="chart-line" href="/manage-data/import-and-ingest/live-migration">
      Migrate time-series data from InfluxDB to Tiger Cloud. Gain SQL capabilities while maintaining time-series performance.
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