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jose_gonzalez
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how often should I vacuum my Delta table?

I would like to know how often do I need to vacuum my delta table to clean old files?

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RonanStokes_DB
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The requirements for Vacuum will depend on your application needs and the rate of arrival of new data. Vacuuming removes old versions of data.If you need to be able to query earlier versions of data many months after the original ingest time, then i...

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User16783855117
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It really depends on your business intentions! You can remove files no longer referenced by a Delta table and are older than the retention threshold by running the vacuum command on the table. vacuum is not triggered automatically. The default retent...

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