[ASTERIXDB-3002] Introduce columnar format to AsterixDB

• Type: Epic
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.9
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.9
• Component/s: COMP - Compiler, STO - Storage, TYPE - Data Model
• Epic Name: Columnar Format
• Assignee: Wail Y. Alkowaileet
• Reporter: Wail Y. Alkowaileet
• Created: 08/Jan/22 17:44
• Updated: 20/Sep/24 11:03

Description

For analytical workloads, queries are usually large (scan-based) and narrow (only involve a few values).  We introduce a new columnar format in AsterixDB to accompany the current row format.

For more details about the new columnar format, see this paper.