Searching Fast and Slow

  • What if you need to query multiple items?
  • Dynamo is able to search for records other than the Primary Key...
  • ...but the search might be very slow
  • A "Scan" looks at all records in the table and pulls the ones you want
  • A "Query" uses an index and then potentially filters
  • To do a Query, you need to have an index set up
  • You need to know how you're going to query your data
  • You pay for indices. Need to allocate resources

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