The Architecture of SciDB [chapter]

Michael Stonebraker, Paul Brown, Alex Poliakov, Suchi Raman
2011 Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
SciDB is an open-source analytical database oriented toward the data management needs of scientists. As such it mixes statistical and linear algebra operations with data management ones, using a natural nested multi-dimensional array data model. We have been working on the code for two years, most recently with the help of venture capital backing. Release 11.06 (June 2011) is downloadable from our website (SciDB.org). This paper presents the main design decisions of SciDB. It focuses on our
more » ... sions concerning a high-level, SQL-like query language, the issues facing our query optimizer and executor and efficient storage management for arrays. The paper also discusses implementation of features not usually present in DBMSs, including version control, uncertainty and provenance.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22351-8_1 fatcat:jgqn5uteujg2tpvo5jo5qwhiq4