System and Method for Storing and Retrieving Data in Different Data Spaces

A method for storing and retrieving data, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a computing processor, a plurality of data records, each of the plurality of data records having a sequentially increasing data value and an other data value;
• for each data record in the plurality of data records:
• causing the data record to be aggregated and stored with other data records in a first data storage container based on the sequentially increasing data value of the data record, and
• causing the data record to be aggregated and stored with other data records in a second data storage container, wherein the second data storage container is different from the first data storage container;
• receiving a query against the plurality of data records;
• determining whether the query is best evaluated in a sequential data space or in a finite data space;
• and
• retrieving a retrieved plurality of data records from the first data storage container when the query is best evaluated in the sequential data space or from the second data storage container when the query is best evaluated in the finite data space.

A method for storing and retrieving event data records, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a computing processor, a plurality of event data records, each of the plurality of event data records having a sequential data value and an other data value;
• for each event data record in the plurality of event data records:
• causing the event data record to be aggregated and stored with other event data records in a first data storage container based on the sequential data value of the event data record, and
• causing the event data record to be aggregated and stored with other event data records in a second data storage container, wherein the second data storage container is different from the first data storage container, and wherein the event data records in the second data storage container share a common other data value or common range of the other data value;
• receiving a query against the plurality of event data records;
• determining whether the query is best evaluated in a sequential data space or a finite data space;
• and
• retrieving a retrieved plurality of event data records from the first data storage container when the query is best evaluated in the sequential data space or from the second data storage container when the query is best evaluated in the finite data space.