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Pilosa: A New Kind of Database Index [Interview]

Published on May 31, 2017

Pilosa: A New Kind of Database Index [Interview]

The open-source Pilosa includes production-tested features, including single and multi-node index support, replication, algorithm plugins, a data importer, and more.

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