Rethinking Data Analysis and Reporting
Joshua Greenbaum
Unlike relational database management systems, which use a records-based storage approach, or column-oriented databases which use a column-based storage method, a correlation database uses a value-based storage (VBS) architecture in which all data is indexed — every value in every field — and unique data values are stored once and only once, no matter how often the value appears and regardless of its original location, all in one giant data store.