I think the ask was for comparisons against traditional analytics databases (redshift, Vertica, etc.). Columnstores are substantially faster for table scans +

I think the ask was for comparisons against traditional analytics databases (redshift, Vertica, etc.). Columnstores are substantially faster for table scans + aggregations then rowstores (and they use a lot less storage) [1]. [1] http://db.csail.mit.edu/projects/cstore/vldb.pdf http://db.csail.mit.edu/projects/cstore/vldb.pdf