SQL Denali Makes Even Fast Look Slow
I’ve seen a lot of performance testing over the years, every so often I’m even impressed a bit by the results. Here is one however that will melt the mind of anyone working against large SQL databases: SQL Denali + 1.4 billion with a b rows = 455x increase from 2008 R2. No, I didn’t fat finger an extra 5 there. It was that big.
How? By using a new feature called a Column Store Index (aka Column Indexing). For those...
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