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Title: Data Compaction
Description: Data compaction is supported out-of-the-box and you can choose from different rewrite strategies such as bin-packing or sorting to optimize file layout and size.
Category: Services
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 <div id="termynal-data-compaction" data-termynal data-ty-startDelay="8000" data-ty-typeDelay="20" data-ty-lineDelay="500">
    <span data-ty="input" data-ty-cursor="▋" data-ty-prompt="sql>">CALL system.rewrite_data_files("nyc.taxis");</span>
</div>