First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data work ...

SQL Server 2012 includes a lot of new and exciting features. One feature that has caught the imagination of many in the user community is the high-performance feature called Columnstore Indexes.

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Data warehousing and analytic workloads can greatly benefit from columnstore indexes as well as traditional rowstore indexes. The choice of which rowstore and columnstore indexes to build for your ...

Columnstore indexes in SQL Server are designed to improve query performance for large datasets, especially in analytical and reporting workloads. They store data in a columnar format instead of the ...

Microsoft's venerable relational database management system remains on top with a regular pattern of updates and enhancements to ensure its continued strength in the market. According to industry ...