Walmart Inc.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZED PRODUCT INDEX SEARCHING

Abstract:

Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: for each respective record in a plurality of records, assigning the respective record: (1) to a first database cluster on a first database server; or (2) to a second database cluster on a second database server; receiving a search request from a requester; executing the search request in the first database cluster to retrieve a first set of results; when the first set of results is greater than a threshold number of results, presenting the first set of results to the requester; and when the first set of results is less than the minimum number of results: executing the search request in the second database cluster to create a second set of results; and presenting the second set of results to the requester, wherein: the threshold number of results is configured such that a probability that the first set of results is greater than the minimum number of results is at least fifty percent. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.