E2: Row vs. Column Store

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This lesson covers:

  • How databases save and read-data from disk
  • What a memory “block” is and how that impacts how databases work
  • What do “row store” and “column store” even mean?
  • What are the trade-offs when using row-stores and column-stores
  • What common database paradigms use row-stores and column-stores