Storage Model

Decomposition Storage Model (Columnar)

TileDB supports columnar format for different attributes stored in arrays.

Logging

Not Supported

TileDB does not support logging at the current stage.

Concurrency Control

Not Supported

TileDB provides no transaction support in the current version. It only guarantees atomic reads and writes.

Isolation Levels

Read Uncommitted

TileDB provides no transaction support in the current version, and no isolation could be guaranteed.

Query Interface

Custom API

TileDB supports API for the following languages: C, C++, Python, Java, R, and Go.

Compression

Dictionary Encoding Run-Length Encoding

TileDB supports the following compressors: GZIP, Zstandard, LZ4, RLE, Bzip2, and Double-delta. Double-delta is a compressor created for TileDB, and is similar to Facebook's Gorilla system.

Storage Architecture

Disk-oriented

TileDB uses a disk-oriented storage format that can store dense and sparse array data and support fast updates.

TileDB Logo
Website

http://tiledb.org/

Source Code

https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB

Tech Docs

https://people.csail.mit.edu/stavrosp/papers/vldb2017/VLDB17_TileDB.pdf

Developer

TileDB Inc, Intel Labs

Country of Origin

US

Start Year

2017

Acquired By

TileDB Inc

Project Type

Commercial, Open Source

Written in

C++

Supported languages

C, C++, Go, Java, Python, R

Operating Systems

Linux, OS X, Windows

Licenses

MIT