Fast forward-backward (write-read)

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On Oct 23, 7:52 pm, Virgil Stokes <v... at it.uu.se> wrote:
> I am working with some rather large data files (>100GB) that contain time series
> data. The data (t_k,y(t_k)), k = 0,1,...,N are stored in ASCII format. I perform
> various types of processing on these data (e.g. moving median, moving average,
> and Kalman-filter, Kalman-smoother) in a sequential manner and only a small
> number of these data need be stored in RAM when being processed. When performing
> Kalman-filtering (forward in time pass, k = 0,1,...,N) I need to save to an
> external file several variables (e.g. 11*32 bytes) for each (t_k, y(t_k)). These
> are inputs to the Kalman-smoother (backward in time pass, k = N,N-1,...,0).
> Thus, I will need to input these variables saved to an external file from the
> forward pass, in reverse order --- from last written to first written.
>
> Finally, to my question --- What is a fast way to write these variables to an
> external file and then read them in backwards?

Have you tried gdbm/bsddbm? They are meant for such (I believe).
Probably needs to be installed for windows; works for linux.
If I were you I'd try out with the giant data on linux and see if the
problem is solved, then see how to install for windows