Hi Balint,
On Jan 13, 2012, at 5:27 AM, Balint Takacs wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does the set_cache function have any effect with contiguously stored
> datasets, or it works only for chunked ones?
The latter.
> If the latter, can the same caching functionality achieved by
> set_sieve_buffer_size when using the default sec2 driver?
To some extent, possibly.
> I am planning to use a large cache, like 0.5GB.
>
> OS is Linux and the HDF version is 1.6.5. I know it is old, but I have no
> option to upgrade.
It's certainly worth a try. However, if you've got that much memory,
have you considered using the "core" file driver instead? (See
H5Pset_fapl_core in the reference manual)
Quincey
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