Column oriented databases, in-memory and on-disk formats

Column oriented databases have become a staple in the big data analytics scene. This article will analyze the in-memory and on-disk formats of kdb+. kdb+ is a high performance timeseries database implemented in the K language and widely deployed within the financial sector.



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