> I don't think you are going to have a decent speed-up by just copying to > /dev/shm because your 30 GB file probably was probably completely in your > OS filesystem cache already, which is memory too. Having said this, in > case you get some noticeable speed-up please tell us: I like to hear how > wrong I am ;-)
I'm going to have to disappoint you then: I just tried it, and as you said, there really is _no_ speed difference at all. So I guess my only option now is to try to get my existing file over to the new 1.8-only file format. Cheers, Thorben _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
