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by janwas 1481 days ago
I don't know about "most", but here is a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_column-oriented_DBMSes
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No, this is a list of columnar database systems - gp was saying the index, which is often (but not always) stored separately from the main db records.
Ah, indeed, my mistake. FWIW I've observed increasing numbers of papers over the past couple of years mentioning entirely columnar databases.