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MongoDB 2.6 Improves Open-Source Database Performance

Among the new features in MongoDB 2.6 is one called Index Intersection. Stirman explained that index intersection enables the query planner to use more than one index to resolve a query.

“With index intersection developers can address more queries with simple indexes and with less upfront index design,” Stirman said.

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