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Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ronald J. Barber, San Jose, CA (US);

Vincent Kulandai Samy, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Sam S. Lightstone, Toronto, CA;

Guy M. Lohman, San Jose, CA (US);

Ippokratis Pandis, San Francisco, CA (US);

Vijayshankar Raman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Gregory R. Stager, Markham, CA;

Wayne J. Young, Toronto, CA;

Liping Zhang, Portland, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30569 (2013.01); G06F 17/303 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments relate to payload storage format for storing data in support of an aggregation function. As an input is subject to aggregation, the input is evaluated to ascertain a payload format for the aggregation. It is understood that there is more than one payload format. An evaluation of the aggregation key is a factor in the initial payload format. If the key is an addition to an existing aggregation, the evaluation considers changing the format of the payload to address processing and/or memory efficiency for the aggregation. The evaluation and the format change takes place dynamically so that the aggregation may continue.


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