Hi Quincey,

Thank you for your answer. It is indeed help so much, but is it possible that 
the next release (1.10.0) is already finish and when will be the distribution 
of the new library?
Where can I find the proposal documentation or any kind of document which 
explain about the journaling metadata and the mirroring virtual file driver for 
replication?

Thank you so much

Regards,
Elisa

--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Quincey Koziol <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Quincey Koziol <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Hdf-forum] Handle concurrency, transaction (or any features 
provided) in HDF5 compare to SQL Server
To: "HDF Users Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 8:04 AM

Hi Elisa,

On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:57 AM, elisa sibarani wrote:

> what I mean is not really the same feature as SQL Server has, but all 
> features regarding reading from a file. I've read your reply to hdf forum as 
> follows:
> 
>  True concurrent access to a file when it is being written to is not 
> currently supported. We are working to add a single-writer/multiple-reader 
> access mode for the next release (1.10.0), but it's not available yet.  The 
> current way to have pseudo-concurrent access to a file is found here: 
> http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf5-quest.html#grdwt
> 
>         Quincey
> 
> therefore, this H5Fflush is able to handle concurrency for reading a file?

    Yes, when the SWMR feature is finished, it will support a particular form 
of concurrent access to HDF5 files.  Along those "database" lines, we are 
finishing up support for journaling metadata updates to HDF5 files, which 
resembles transactions on modifications to HDF5 files, at least in the sense 
that all the changes from an HDF5 API routine will either be atomically 
reflected in the file, or not.  It is also possible to implement a "mirroring" 
virtual file driver for replicating modifications to HDF5 files, although we 
don't have one currently implemented.

    Quincey

> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 8/18/10, Quincey Koziol <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> From: Quincey Koziol <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Hdf-forum] Handle concurrency, transaction (or any features 
> provided) in HDF5 compare to SQL Server
> To: "HDF Users Discussion List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 9:47 AM
> 
> Hi Elisa,
> 
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 12:28 AM, elisa sibarani wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I want to ask is there anyone of you can shares information about HDF5 
> > features available until now? If I want to recommend my company to use 
> > HDF5, now I have to make sure it'll work at least as reliable as SQL 
> > Server. Therefore, I want to make a comparison about services/features 
> > available in SQL Server such as transaction (locking process), concurrency, 
> > replication (for back up) and so on. How I can get such information about 
> > HDF5?
> 
>     HDF5 does not have transactions, concurrency or replication features.  It 
>is not a database.  It is designed for storing and sharing large array-like 
>datasets in a hierarchically structured file (see 
>http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/whatishdf5.html for some more details and 
>documentation).
> 
>     Quincey
> 
> > Or maybe if anyone has experience (at least once) to move from SQL Server 
> > to HDF5, maybe you can share about what list of things I should put in mind 
> > for this changes?
> > 
> > Thanks all.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Elisa
> > 
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