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. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
