2013/11/12 Nicolas Barbier <nicolas.barb...@gmail.com>:

> In conclusion, use a “B-forest” when:
>
> * The index entries are small (large fan-out).
> * The insertion throughput is high.
> * It’s OK for look-ups to be slow.
> * Extra points when the storage medium has high seek times.

Oops, forgot the most important ones:

* Insertions are random.
* The total amount of data is very high.

Nicolas

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