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Why a Hedge Fund Built Its Own Database
Why did an alternative asset manager build its own database? Can you over-normalise your data? What real-world features of data create challenges? In this talk we will look at some of the unique aspects of ArcticDB and how goes about solving some of these challenges. We’ll also explore the practicalities of building a performant time-series datastore and why transactions, particularly the Isolation in ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability) is just not worth it. There is another way, truly serverless.
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James Munro
Head of ArcticDB, Man Group
James Munro is Head of ArcticDB at Man Group. ArcticDB is a high-performance data-frame database that is optimised for time-series data, data-science workflows and scales to petabytes of data and thousands of simultaneous users.
James was previously CTO at Man AHL between 2018 and 2023. He joined Man Group in 2011 as a quant developer and has worked with Man AHL’s portfolio management, FX, commodities, fixed income, equities and volatility teams.
James holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from University College London.
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