> > Though the 30GB file I was talking of was written using HDF5 1.8.4, if I > > understand correctly, it will not make use of these new features because > > it tries to maintain downward compatibility to 1.6. Correct? > > Yes, you should enable the new link storage by calling > H5Pset_libver_bounds() explicitly. IMO, this would be the best path to > improve performance for your scenario
So can I convert my existing file to the 1.8-only file version without having to rerun the program that generated it? That would take a week I think :-( > (except if you don't want to follow > the safer path of creating large datasets and references to parts of them, > as Werner suggested). I would, but I do not want to rerun the program that generated the big file, and don't want to write a conversion tool atm. either, so I'm stuck with the data layout... Cheers, Thorben _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
