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If it wasn’t clear from the article, this is open source and available on Man’s GitHub page: https://github.com/man-group/arcticDB https://github.com/man-group

If it wasn’t clear from the article, this is open source and available on Man’s GitHub page: https://github.com/man-group/arcticDB https://github.com/man-group/arcticDB I used to work at man, so take this with a grain of salt, but I really liked this and have spun it up at home for side projects over the years. I’m not aware of other specialized storage options for dataframes, but would be curious if anyone knows of any.

cgio 2y ago
Need a licence apparently, source available.
camkego 2y ago
The license is the Business Source License, which is not open source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Source_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Source_License The current license says the terms shall change to Apache after two years a release has been available. Not for me, but some might find it interesting.
- diggan 2y ago
  Not sure if it's standard practice when using Business Source License, but seems to have additional terms too, like: > BSL features are free to use and the source code is available, but users may not use ArcticDB for production use or for a Database Service, without agreement with Man Group Operations Limited. [...] Use of ArcticDB in production or for a Database Service requires a paid for license from Man Group Operations Limited So not just "source available, go ahead and use it" but basically "free for personal use only".
  - wdb 2y ago
    Feels more feel free to use it as long you aren't a competitor
    - diggan 2y ago
      > Free as long as you aren't a competitor, or you use ArcticDB for anything we could consider "in production" This is how I understand their text, and I wouldn't be super excited about trying to figure out exactly what "in production" means with their lawyers in court.
  - dnadler 2y ago
    Yeah that’s fair, not open source, I was incorrect, though I think it’s more than personal use only. “Production use only” is doing a lot of heavy lifting and I don’t know exactly what that means (though could make a guess).
flockonus 2y ago
Few doc choices are as annoying as using GIF to show code that i should read in 2 seconds.
- jjmunro 2y ago
  Will improve.

cgio 2y ago

Need a licence apparently, source available.

camkego 2y ago

The license is the Business Source License, which is not open source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Source_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Source_License The current license says the terms shall change to Apache after two years a release has been available. Not for me, but some might find it interesting.

diggan 2y ago
Not sure if it's standard practice when using Business Source License, but seems to have additional terms too, like: > BSL features are free to use and the source code is available, but users may not use ArcticDB for production use or for a Database Service, without agreement with Man Group Operations Limited. [...] Use of ArcticDB in production or for a Database Service requires a paid for license from Man Group Operations Limited So not just "source available, go ahead and use it" but basically "free for personal use only".
- wdb 2y ago
  Feels more feel free to use it as long you aren't a competitor
  - diggan 2y ago
    > Free as long as you aren't a competitor, or you use ArcticDB for anything we could consider "in production" This is how I understand their text, and I wouldn't be super excited about trying to figure out exactly what "in production" means with their lawyers in court.
- dnadler 2y ago
  Yeah that’s fair, not open source, I was incorrect, though I think it’s more than personal use only. “Production use only” is doing a lot of heavy lifting and I don’t know exactly what that means (though could make a guess).

flockonus 2y ago

Few doc choices are as annoying as using GIF to show code that i should read in 2 seconds.

jjmunro 2y ago
Will improve.