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What are Hashed Indexes and when to use them?
Updated May 1, 2026
Short answer
Hashed indexes store the hash of the value of a field, facilitating equality matches.
Deep explanation
They are primarily used for Hashed Sharding to ensure even data distribution across shards. They do not support range queries.
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