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O-16: distarray memory-mapped array functionality (optional)

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
numpy, python

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating ODIN's array backing-store implementation and reviewing NumPy's memory-mapped array functionality. Done means ODIN can use memory-mapped arrays as a backing store for distributed computations on arrays larger than main memory.

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Description

SBIR-year-2

Objective: To provide functionality that allows ODIN to use memory-mapped arrays as
the backing store for data.

Relevance: This provides support for users who have large storage capacity on, e.g. a workstation, and cannot fit an entire array in main memory. By allowing the backing store to use memory-mapped arrays, these users can perform distributed computations on arrays larger than can fit in main memory.

Description: The initial implementation of this task will likely build on top of NumPy’s existing memory-mapped array functionality. Based on this initial implementation and input from the distributed array protocol design, refinements will be made accordingly.

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Python
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