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<strong>Exadata</strong> Storage Index<br />

Transparent I/O Elimination with No Overhead<br />

Table Index<br />

A B C D<br />

1<br />

3<br />

5<br />

5<br />

8<br />

3<br />

Min B = 1<br />

Max B =5<br />

Min B = 3<br />

Max B =8<br />

Copyright © 2012, <strong>Oracle</strong> and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.<br />

• <strong>Exadata</strong> Storage Indexes maintain summary<br />

information about table data in memory<br />

• Store MIN and MAX values of columns<br />

• Typically one index entry for every MB of disk<br />

• Eliminates disk I/Os if MIN and MAX can never<br />

match “where” clause of a query<br />

• Completely automatic and transparent<br />

Select * from Table where B

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