This chapter provides an overview of the different columnstore index types available in various versions of SQL Server. It discusses their internal structure as well as best practices for data loading and maintenance.
Columnstore Index Types
As mentioned in the previous chapter, there are several different types of columnstore indexes supported in SQL Server. Unfortunately, the terminology is quickly become confusing and version-specific. For example, nonclustered columnstore indexes in SQL Server 2012/2014 and in SQL Server 2016 are, in a nutshell, very different objects; however, ...
