Block Range Index (BRIN)
An index type designed for handling very large tables in which certain columns have some natural correlation with their physical location within the table
A Block Range Index (BRIN) is an index type designed for handling very large tables in which certain columns have some natural correlation with their physical location within the table.
Support for BRIN indexes was added in PostgreSQL 9.5.
Change history
- PostgreSQL 10
- PostgreSQL 9.5
- added (initial commit 7516f525)
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: BRIN Indexes
Useful links
- Indexes in PostgreSQL — 9 (BRIN) - October 2020 article by Postgres Professional
- Avoiding the Pitfalls of BRIN Indexes in Postgres - August 2020 blog article by Crunchy Data
- Loading Tables and Creating B-tree and Block Range Indexes - October 2014 blog article by 2ndQuadrant
- Block Range Index - Wikipedia article