On Wednesday 03 March 2010 14:25:17 Thorben Kröger wrote: > > > 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 :-(
So, I've found the "h5repack" command line tool now that accepts the "-- latest" options, and am running this now on my file like this: h5repack --latest oldfile.h5 newfile.h5 Will report back about possible performance improvements... Cheers, Thorben _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
