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by matt4711 3214 days ago
> I find it hard to believe this. Their main index is certainly not all-RAM (there must be some flash and maybe even disk), and the throughput would just not be enough for something like BitFunnel.

From looking at the github repo it does look like the system runs entirely in main memory.

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Yes, I meant that I don't think they're holding an entire web index in RAM.