Is PyTables safe?
Well, first of all, let me state that PyTables does not support transactional features yet (we don’t even know if we will ever be motivated to implement this!), so there is always the risk that you can lose your data in case of an unexpected event while writing (like a power outage, system shutdowns…). Having said that, if your typical scenarios are write once, read many, then the use of PyTables is perfectly safe, even for dealing extremely large amounts of data.
