Re: Fractal tree indexing

On 02/13/2013 01:01 AM, Atri Sharma wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just a curiosity I couldnt control. I was recently reading about
> Fractal tree indexing
> (http://www.tokutek.com/2012/12/fractal-tree-indexing-overview/) and
> how TokuDB engine for MySQL is really working nicely with big data.
> 
> I was wondering, do we have support for fractal tree indexing? I mean,
> it really does seem to help manage big data, so we could think of
> supporting it in some form for our large data set clients( if it is
> not happening already someplace which I have missed).

Sadly, fractal trees are an invention of Tokutek and are heavily and
publically patented.  That's why I haven't pursued the idea, and indeed
why Tokutek hasn't developed a PostgreSQL plug-in.

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Josh Berkus
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