The Case for Small Data Management
Summary: Argues most real-world DB workloads are small (K–M rows), yet research and systems optimize for massive scale, causing inefficient plans and excess complexity. Presents research directions and PDbF (Portable Database Files) as a practical redesign for storage, optimization, and tooling tailored to small-data. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 11,944 | Janiform Intra-Document Analytics for Reproducible Research | 2015 | VLDB | 4.1945683e-05 |
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| 979 | Interactive Analytical Processing in Big Data Systems: A Cross-Industry Study of MapReduce Workloads | 2012 | VLDB | 0.0001488055 |
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