Does random distribution truly speed up an index?
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Of Ed Leafe
Sent: Wednesday, 17 December 2008 8:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [NF] Who determines the type of app your making?
On Dec 16, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
>> Only downside with GUID is index bloat and repagination as necessary.
>
> GUID's are larger, but I really don't think they'll cause practical
> problems being
> larger.
They are pretty neutral for most indexing systems. Larger=slower,
but
more random distribution=faster.
-- Ed Leafe
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