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• 8 MIN READ•Apr 29, 2026

  B-Trees, LSM Trees, and the Indexing Tradeoff Spectrum

  B-trees balance reads and writes for OLTP. LSM trees maximize write throughput. Bitmap indexes accelerate OLAP filtering. Here is when to use each.

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