e levels of indexes,
       making it more likely that the heavily-used parts of the indexes
       fit in memory.
      </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
       When queries or updates access a large percentage of a single
       partition, performance can be improved by using a
       sequential scan of that partition instead of using an
       index, which would require random-access reads scattered across the
       whole table.
      </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
       Bulk loads and deletes can b