Details
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New Feature
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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Minor
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Resolution: Won't Do
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Description
ColumnStore does not compress very well. The KB suggests that 2:1 compression is about as good as you can get. ICE (which uses RLE) compresses much better. It averages 3:1 compression and can achieve 30:1 or even 50:1 in many cases.
CS should use RLE (not snappy) compression. It should also use FOR encoding for substantial compression improvements (typically 5:1 for bigint) which is also compatible with RLE (for an additional 3:1 to 5:1 compression on top).