SciDB
| Developer(s) | Paradigm4 |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2008 |
| Type | Database management system |
| License | AGPL v3 |
| Website | www |
SciDB is a database management system (DBMS) designed for multidimensional data management and analytics common to scientific, geospatial, financial, and industrial applications. It is developed by Paradigm4.
Michael Stonebraker co-created SciDB where, he claims, arrays are times faster than a relational DBMS on a class of problems. It is swapping rows and columns for mathematical arrays that put fewer restrictions on the data and can work in any number of dimensions unlike the conventionally widely used relational database management system model, in which each relation supports only one dimension of records.
According to a 2011 conference presentation on SciDB, it supports:
Marilyn Matz became chief executive of the company.
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