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 ...

SQL Server will use the hash index on the column SalesOrderID to quickly identify the row corresponding to the parameter @ID. Witness the Index Seek operation in the query plan: Hash indexes are very ...

If your answers are yes, check out the new columnstore index (aka Project “Apollo”) in SQL Server Code Name “Denali” today! Why use a column store? SQL Server’s traditional indexes, clustered and ...