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preferably open source for storing tick info.

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KDB is the industry standard for this kind of thing.

Adamski
it's pricey too and hence the question
Kumar
Hey downvoters - perhaps you could give a reason? The OP said "preferably open source" not "must be open source".
Adamski
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Python has some package for time series 'database', which uses HDF5 as the underlying 'engine'. http://pytseries.sourceforge.net/

Vishal Belsare
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Check out the list at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS#Implementations .

Paul Legato