> LSM-trees seem patent free

I'm no expert, and I gave it just a look some time ago: it looked to me very 
complicated to get right... and as far as I remember you don't get that much 
gain, unless you go multi-level which would complicate things further

> Please somebody advise patent status of Y-trees otherwise I wouldn't bother.
 
y-trees look much more easier to get right... (and to me they also make more 
sense, but I'm not skilled enough to judge). 

There's also the FD-tree, which looks a lot like the (patented...) fractal tree:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/bshe/fdtree_pvldb.pdf


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