Heikki Linnakangas
Pivotal Ltd
17:00
05 February
Index internals
PostgreSQL includes several index types: GiST, SP-GiST, GIN, and of course, the regular B-tree. DBAs are familiar with using each of these for specific use cases, GIN for full-text search, GiST for geometrical data, and so on, but how do they work internally? What makes them suitable for the cases they're typically used for?
In this presentation, I will walk through the internal structure of each of these index types, explaining what strengths and weaknesses each one of them have.