XTDB 2 will compute and maintain incremental indexes on-the-fly based on the raw data, so index updates will present far less operational impact. This also mean

XTDB 2 will compute and maintain incremental indexes on-the-fly based on the raw data, so index updates will present far less operational impact. This also means the transaction log is now ~ephemeral in the new architecture (no more event-sourcing-style replays required, ever).