syntax = "proto3"; package storage; enum DataType { // single entry kInt32 = 0; kInt64 = 1; kFloat = 2; kDouble = 3; kString = 4; kBool = 5; // entrys kInt64s = 6; kFloats = 7; kDoubles = 8; kStrings = 9; kInt32s = 10; kBools = 11; kUnknown = 12; } // A data array, which type is `type`. message Entry { // if all the entries in a record share the same data type, ignore this field // and store type to `dtype` in `Record`. DataType dtype = 1; // single element int32 i32 = 2; int64 i64 = 3; string s = 4; float f = 5; double d = 6; bool b = 7; // array repeated int64 i64s = 8; repeated float fs = 9; repeated double ds = 10; repeated int32 i32s = 11; repeated string ss = 12; repeated bool bs = 13; } /* The Record proto is designed to represent any data structure for any component, for example, to store a record of Scalar component Record { // training error is 0.1, testing error is 0.2 data = [0.1, 0.2], timestamp = xxxx, // step id id = xxxx } to store a record of Image component Record { // RBG pixel weights of a image data = [[0.1, 0.2, ...], [...], [...]], timestamp = xxxx, // image shape meta = [100, 200] } for other complex structure which have more fields than `timestamp`, `id` and meta, the additional fields can store in the `data` field, for it can store a list of values in different basic data types. A component handlers in logic layer should know how to write or load a record for the corresponding component. */ message Record { // one record might have multiple fields, one specific component should know how // to parse the records. repeated Entry data = 1; // NOTE the timestamp, id, dtype might be useless for that all the meta info can // be stored in `data` field. int64 timestamp = 2; // store the count of writing operations to the tablet. int64 id = 3; DataType dtype = 4; // shape or some other meta infomation for this record, if all the records // share the same meta, just store one copy of meta in `Storage`, or create // a unique copy for each `Record`. Entry meta = 5; } /* A Tablet stores the records of a component which type is `component` and indidates as `tag`. The records will be saved in a file which name contains `tag`. During the running period, `num_records` will be accumulated, and `num_samples` indicates the size of sample set the reservoir sampling algorithm will collect. */ message Tablet { // the kinds of the components that supported enum Type { kScalar = 0; kHistogram = 1; kGraph = 2; } // type of the component, different component should have different storage format. Type component = 1; // records the total count of records, each Write operation should increate this value. int64 num_records = 2; // indicate the number of instances to sample, this should be a constant value. int32 num_samples = 3; repeated Record records = 4; // store a meta infomation if all the records share. Entry meta = 5; // the unique identification for this `Tablet`. string tag = 6; // one tablet might have multiple captions, for example, a scalar component might have // two plots labeled "train" and "test". repeated string captions = 7; } /* The Storage stores all the records. */ message Storage { // tags to Tablet, should be thread safe if fix the keys after initialization. map tablets = 1; string dir = 2; int64 timestamp = 3; }