====== Feature Storage ====== ===== Numpy ===== In case of python-only solutions a clustering by an attribute like the category provides an efficient way to storage and retrieve features. With masking rows can be selected. ===== Memory-Mapped Numpy ===== Memorry mapped numpy arrays are pretty fast if using a fast SSD. Otherwise, it's limited by i/o speed. Multhreading also works but is very limited by i/o speed limits. keywords: sqlite numpy database postgresql