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0 pointsmanigandham9y ago0 comments

In that case, why isnt that normal and key name size a non-issue with document stores and JSON columns?

Am I missing something on why this isnt done already and automatically?

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If you use MongoDB with the WiredTiger engine, the database pages are compressed with Snappy by default. On other systems you have the option of running the database on a filesystem that provides compression.

malisper9y ago

My guess - it's slightly non-trivial and people are working on more important things.

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