| 摘要 |
<p>Embodiments include a database controller for a database of information encoded as a set of data items, the database controller comprising: a segment control module configured to divide the set of data items into a series of segments, each segment comprising each of the data items falling within defined lower limit and upper limit values of an ordering metric used to place the data items in order; and an adaptive segment locator module configured to manage the distribution of the series of segments among a plurality of storage units, including selecting which segments from among the series of segments to co-locate on the same storage unit based on historical data representing read operations performed on the database.</p> |
