Apache TsFile: An IoT-native Time Series File Format

Summary: Introduces Apache TsFile, an IoT-native time-series file format that organizes data by device and builds device-centric indexes to exploit device/sensor semantics and cloud–edge sync patterns. Design targets high ingestion, low-latency access and compact on-disk layout, positioning TsFile as a standardized, device-aware storage layer for large-scale IoT deployments. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 13607
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2024
Pagerank: 4.3867836e-05
Overall Rank: 9,127 | 36.57%
DOI: 10.14778/3685800.3685827

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9,203	F3: The Open-Source Data File Format for the Future	2026	SIGMOD	4.3701616e-05
10,175	Improving LZ4 for Effective Compression and Efficient Query	2026	SIGMOD	4.1905499e-05
10,657	STsCache: An Efficient Semantic Caching Scheme for Time-series Data Workloads Based on Hybrid Storage	2025	VLDB	4.1905499e-05
10,682	Improving Time Series Data Compression in Apache IoTDB	2025	VLDB	4.1905499e-05

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109	Dremel: Interactive Analysis of Web-Scale Datasets	2010	VLDB	0.00048217028
211	Gorilla: A Fast, Scalable, In-Memory Time Series Database	2015	VLDB	0.0003401421
2,998	Major Technical Advancements in Apache Hive	2014	SIGMOD	7.7477264e-05
3,971	Apache IoTDB: A Time Series Database for IoT Applications	2023	SIGMOD	6.5733348e-05
4,516	An Empirical Evaluation of Columnar Storage Formats	2024	VLDB	6.1146215e-05
5,070	Time Series Data Encoding for Efficient Storage: A Comparative Analysis in Apache IoTDB	2022	VLDB	5.7133478e-05
5,571	A Deep Dive into Common Open Formats for Analytical DBMSs	2023	VLDB	5.4279553e-05
6,799	Understanding Insights into the Basic Structure and Essential Issues of Table Placement Methods in Clusters	2013	VLDB	4.9181295e-05
6,859	Frequency Domain Data Encoding in Apache IoTDB	2023	VLDB	4.9011567e-05
9,048	On Repairing Timestamps for Regular Interval Time Series	2022	VLDB	4.3997447e-05
11,178	Grouping Time Series for Efficient Columnar Storage	2023	SIGMOD	4.1905499e-05

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