Kristoffer Sjögren wrote:

Hi

Does every database consist of a separate b-tree or is "database" just a
name spacing convince? I.e. are reads faster for many smaller databases
rather than one large database?

As the documentation says, named databases are separate b-trees. Reads may be slightly faster, sure, but not by much. You need to have enough separate DBs to reduce the overall tree height of the equivalent combined tree to see a measurable difference.

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