Understand Columnar and Row-Based Database
An important step before choosing the database
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5 min readOct 28, 2022
In database systems, data can be stored in two ways: row-oriented data stores and column-oriented data stores. By changing the way data is stored on the hard drive of the computer, we can make a big impact on the database’s performance. The choice also determines whether it is optimized for transactional or…