An epoch represents committed changes to the data stored in a database between two specific points in time. In other words, an epoch contains all COPY, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations that have been executed and committed since the end of the previous epoch.
The Ancient History Mark (AHM), is the 
epoch prior to which historical data can be purged from physical storage.
An epoch represents committed changes to the data stored in a database between two specific points in time. In other words, an epoch contains all COPY, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations that have been executed and committed since the end of the previous epoch.
