Using array fields instead of massive number of objects

Question

In light of this article, I am wondering what people\'s experiences are with storing massive datasets (say, >10,000,000 objects) in-memory using arrays to store data fields inst

Answer 1

You make an Array of System.Array with an element for each property in your type. The size of these sub-arrays is equal to the number of objects you have. Property access would be:

masterArray[propertyIndex][objectIndex]

This will allow you to use value type arrays instead of arrays of object.