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In-Memory Analytics with Apache Arrow

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801071031
Pages 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Matthew Topol Matthew Topol
Profile icon Matthew Topol

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Overview of What Arrow Is, its Capabilities, Benefits, and Goals
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Apache Arrow 3. Chapter 2: Working with Key Arrow Specifications 4. Chapter 3: Data Science with Apache Arrow 5. Section 2: Interoperability with Arrow: pandas, Parquet, Flight, and Datasets
6. Chapter 4: Format and Memory Handling 7. Chapter 5: Crossing the Language Barrier with the Arrow C Data API 8. Chapter 6: Leveraging the Arrow Compute APIs 9. Chapter 7: Using the Arrow Datasets API 10. Chapter 8: Exploring Apache Arrow Flight RPC 11. Section 3: Real-World Examples, Use Cases, and Future Development
12. Chapter 9: Powered by Apache Arrow 13. Chapter 10: How to Leave Your Mark on Arrow 14. Chapter 11: Future Development and Plans 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Sharing is caring… especially when it's your memory

Earlier, we touched on the concept of slicing Arrow arrays and how they allow you to grab views of tables or record batches or arrays without having to copy the data itself. This is true down to the underlying buffer objects that are used by the Arrow libraries, which can then be used by consumers, even when they aren't working with Arrow data directly to manage their memory efficiently. The various Arrow libraries generally provide memory pool objects to control how memory is allocated and track how much has been allocated by the Arrow library. These memory pools are then utilized by data buffers and everything else within the Arrow libraries.

Diving into memory management

Continuing with our examination of the Go, Python, and C++ implementations of Arrow, they all have similar approaches to providing memory pools for managing and tracking your memory usage. The following is a simplified diagram of a memory...

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