+> <a name="bckmergetsk"></a> Starting with [!INCLUDE[sql-server-2019](../../includes/sssql19-md.md)], [!INCLUDE[ssSDSfull](../../includes/sssdsfull-md.md)], and [!INCLUDE[ssSDSMIfull](../../includes/sssdsmifull-md.md)], the tuple-mover is helped by a background merge task that automatically compresses smaller OPEN delta rowgroups that have existed for some time as determined by an internal threshold, or merges COMPRESSED rowgroups from where a large number of rows has been deleted. This improves the columnstore index quality over time.
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