Entity Flatstore
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Background
This module creates flatstores for entities. Stores here refers to database tables and flat means these stores contain all of the entity's field data without any joins (see comparison to non relational dbs). Drupal stores field data in separate tables (rightfully so); loaded entities must be JOINed together in SQL; the more joins, the worse the performance and the higher the memory use (see performance section). In short: one entity type, one table. This module is aimed at developers - particularly those creating and exposing large data sets (APIs).
