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===== Omnidex Grids ===== | ===== Omnidex Grids ===== | ||
- | **[[admin:features:grid:home|Overview]]** -> [[admin:features:grid:partitions|Partitioning Scheme]] -> [[admin:features:grid:distribution|Distribution Plan]] -> [[admin:features:grid:creation|Grid Creation]] | + | **[[admin:features:grids:home|Overview]]** -> [[admin:features:grids:partitions|Partitioning Scheme]] -> [[admin:features:grids:distribution|Distribution Plan]] -> [[admin:features:grids:creation|Grid Creation]] |
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- | ===== Overview ===== | + | ==== Overview ==== |
Omnidex Grids are a feature of the Omnidex product line that allow large databases to be distributed across multiple processors or servers. This improves performance by allowing a query to be processed on the fewest nodes possible using multiple concurrent processors. This approach allows great scalability and provides convenient mechanisms for adding new data to the database. | Omnidex Grids are a feature of the Omnidex product line that allow large databases to be distributed across multiple processors or servers. This improves performance by allowing a query to be processed on the fewest nodes possible using multiple concurrent processors. This approach allows great scalability and provides convenient mechanisms for adding new data to the database. | ||
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Many Omnidex Grids are created as an Omnidex Snapshot, meaning that the underlying data is distributed into flat files across multiple directories or servers. These become very high-performing databases that can satisfy a wide variety of queries very quickly. Omnidex Grids can also be created against the underlying database, though the nodes then remain tethered to the servers hosting the database. | Many Omnidex Grids are created as an Omnidex Snapshot, meaning that the underlying data is distributed into flat files across multiple directories or servers. These become very high-performing databases that can satisfy a wide variety of queries very quickly. Omnidex Grids can also be created against the underlying database, though the nodes then remain tethered to the servers hosting the database. | ||
- | ===== Designing a Grid ===== | + | ==== Designing a Grid ==== |
- | The primary considerations for designing an Omnidex Grid are the [[admin:grid:partitions | partitioning scheme]] and the [[admin:grid:distribution | distribution plan]]. The partitioning scheme determines how a large database will be split into different nodes. The distribution plan affects how the nodes will be distributed across multiple servers or multiple drives. Both of these design decisions have a substantial effect on performance. | + | The primary considerations for designing an Omnidex Grid are the [[admin:features:grids:partitions | partitioning scheme]] and the [[admin:features:grids:distribution | distribution plan]]. The partitioning scheme determines how a large database will be split into different nodes. The distribution plan affects how the nodes will be distributed across multiple servers or multiple drives. Both of these design decisions have a substantial effect on performance. |
- | ===== Creating a Grid ===== | + | ==== Creating a Grid ==== |
Omnidex Grids are straightforward to create. Each grid node is a separate Omnidex environment, with an environment file, indexes and data. For convenience, there are methods to share a single Omnidex environment file across multiple nodes. There are also methods to share data files across multiple nodes. | Omnidex Grids are straightforward to create. Each grid node is a separate Omnidex environment, with an environment file, indexes and data. For convenience, there are methods to share a single Omnidex environment file across multiple nodes. There are also methods to share data files across multiple nodes. | ||
- | The following steps must be completed to [[admin:grid:creation| create an Omnidex Grid]]. | + | The following steps must be completed to [[admin:features:grids:creation| create an Omnidex Grid]]. |
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- | **[[admin:features:grid:partitions|Next]]** | + | **[[admin:features:grids:partitions|Next]]** |
====== Additional Resources ====== | ====== Additional Resources ====== | ||
+ | See also: | ||
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