Row vs. Column Oriented Databases

In this article, we’ll be delving into Row vs. Column-oriented Databases.

We’ll talk about

• OLTP vs. OLAP databases

• Row Oriented vs. Column Oriented Paradigms

• Row-Oriented Serialization Formats

• Column-Oriented Serialization Formats

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