A Comparison of Knives for Bread Slicing
Summary: Exhaustive experimental study of vertical partitioning in row-oriented DBs; taxonomy across three dimensions, six algorithms, and four apples-to-apples metrics. TPC-H/SSB results: HillClimb best; four orders of magnitude less computation; buffer size governs benefit; gains over column layouts are modest. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Alekh Jindal (Saarland University)
- 2. Endre Palatinus (Saarland University)
- 3. Vladimir Pavlov (Saarland University)
- 4. Jens Dittrich (Saarland University)
BibTeX Citation
@article{jindal_vldb13,
title = {{A Comparison of Knives for Bread Slicing}},
author = {Jindal, Alekh and Palatinus, Endre and Pavlov, Vladimir and Dittrich, Jens},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '13},
volume = {6},
number = {6},
pages = {361--372},
doi = {10.14778/2536336.2536338},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/2536336.2536338},
year = {2013}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,378 | The Uncracked Pieces in Database Cracking | 2014 | VLDB | 8.6682285e-05 |
| 3,106 | Skipping-oriented Partitioning for Columnar Layouts | 2017 | VLDB | 7.7515666e-05 |
| 4,799 | Scalable Asynchronous Gradient Descent Optimization for Out-of-Core Models | 2017 | VLDB | 6.5024714e-05 |
| 6,848 | Jigsaw: A Data Storage and Query Processing Engine for Irregular Table Partitioning | 2021 | SIGMOD | 5.7550624e-05 |
| 6,896 | Wide Table Layout Optimization based on Column Ordering and Duplication | 2017 | SIGMOD | 5.7440611e-05 |
| 8,072 | Operational Analytics Data Management Systems | 2016 | VLDB | 5.4933919e-05 |
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | Integrating Vertical and Horizontal Partitioning into Automated Physical Database Design | 2004 | SIGMOD | 0.00025612088 |
| 428 | HYRISE—A Main Memory Hybrid Storage Engine | 2011 | VLDB | 0.00018633493 |
| 996 | A Heuristic Approach to Attribute Partitioning | 1979 | SIGMOD | 0.00012758481 |
| 1,632 | Data Morphing: An Adaptive, Cache-Conscious Storage Technique | 2003 | VLDB | 0.0001016847 |
| 2,797 | Vertical Partitioning for Database Design: A Graphical Algorithm | 1989 | SIGMOD | 8.1135051e-05 |
| 12,227 | How Achaeans Would Construct Columns in Troy | 2013 | CIDR | 5.093636e-05 |
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