SciencePlanetScale9 months ago
Larger than RAM Vector Indexes for Relational Databases
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PlanetScale built vector indexes for MySQL that exceed RAM limits, a first for relational databases. Existing research assumed indexes fit in RAM and ignored transactional needs. The team designed novel solutions for crash-resilient, updateable indexes that behave like native MySQL indexes.
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