Hi Albert,

The distribution is SuSE, the contents of the SuSE-release file are

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 2

Thanks for looking into this.

Nitya
On 07/09/13 20:41, Albert Cheng wrote:
> Hi Nitya,
>
> Looks like you are in a Linux 3.0 system.
> Can you find out what distribution it is?  E.g., Redhat, Fedora, Suse, ….
> There is no one way to find this information but you often can find a file 
> like
> /etc/<XYZ>-release.  If you can locate such a file, please send its content.
>
> -Albert Cheng
>
> On Jul 4, 2013, at 4:31 AM, Nitya <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Albert, Dana,
>>
>> Thanks for your replies. I give the output of uname below
>>
>> Linux 3.0.74-0.6.10-default #1 SMP  x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> I was earlier using v1.8.9 and then tried using v1.8.11. I have given
>> the libhdf5.settings file for both versions below. I downloaded the
>> library files of v1.8.11 from the HDF5 website, so haven't compiled
>> anything.  v1.8.9 has been compiled by the system administrators.
>>
>> -------------------
>> SUMMARY OF THE HDF5 CONFIGURATION
>>            =================================
>>
>> General Information:
>> -------------------
>>                   HDF5 Version: 1.8.9
>>                  Configured on: Thu Nov 29 11:11:42 CET 2012
>>                  Configured by: wwn@qa01
>>                 Configure mode: production
>>                    Host system: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>              Uname information: Linux qa01 3.0.42-0.7-default #1 SMP
>> Tue Oct 9 11:58:45 UTC 2012 (a8dc443) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>                       Byte sex: little-endian
>>                      Libraries:
>>             Installation point:
>> /afs/rzg/common/soft/hdf5/1.8.9/amd64_sles11/intel/12.1/serial
>>
>> Compiling Options:
>> ------------------
>>               Compilation Mode: production
>>                     C Compiler:
>> /afs/@cell/common/soft/intel/ics/2011.0.013/12.1/bin/intel64/bin/icc (
>> Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler Version 12.1 Build 20120928)
>>                         CFLAGS: -fPIC
>>                      H5_CFLAGS: -std=c99  -O3
>>                      AM_CFLAGS:
>>                       CPPFLAGS:
>>                    H5_CPPFLAGS: -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L   -DNDEBUG
>> -UH5_DEBUG_API
>>                    AM_CPPFLAGS: -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
>> -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE
>>               Shared C Library: yes
>>               Static C Library: yes
>>  Statically Linked Executables: no
>>                        LDFLAGS:
>>                     H5_LDFLAGS:
>>                     AM_LDFLAGS:
>>                Extra libraries:  -lz -lrt -lm
>>                       Archiver: ar
>>                         Ranlib: ranlib
>>              Debugged Packages:
>>                    API Tracing: no
>>
>> Languages:
>> ----------
>>                        Fortran: yes
>>               Fortran Compiler:
>> /afs/@cell/common/soft/intel/ics/2011.0.013/12.1/bin/intel64/bin/ifort (
>> Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler Version 12.1 Build 20120928)
>>          Fortran 2003 Compiler: yes
>>                  Fortran Flags: -fPIC
>>               H5 Fortran Flags:  -O3
>>               AM Fortran Flags: 
>>         Shared Fortran Library: yes
>>         Static Fortran Library: yes
>>                            C++: yes
>>                   C++ Compiler:
>> /afs/@cell/common/soft/intel/ics/2011.0.013/12.1/bin/intel64/bin/icpc (
>> Intel(R) C++ Intel(R) 64 Compiler Version 12.1 Build 20120928)
>>                      C++ Flags:
>>                   H5 C++ Flags: 
>>                   AM C++ Flags:
>>             Shared C++ Library: yes
>>             Static C++ Library: yes
>>
>> Features:
>> ---------
>>                  Parallel HDF5: no
>>             High Level library: yes
>>                   Threadsafety: no
>>            Default API Mapping: v18
>> With Deprecated Public Symbols: yes
>>         I/O filters (external): deflate(zlib)
>>         I/O filters (internal): shuffle,fletcher32,nbit,scaleoffset
>>                            MPE: no
>>                     Direct VFD: no
>>                        dmalloc: no
>> Clear file buffers before write: yes
>>           Using memory checker: no
>>         Function Stack Tracing: no
>>                           GPFS: no
>>      Strict File Format Checks: no
>>   Optimization Instrumentation: no
>>       Large File Support (LFS): yes
>> -----------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> v1.8.11
>> ***************************************
>>            SUMMARY OF THE HDF5 CONFIGURATION
>>            =================================
>>
>> General Information:
>> -------------------
>>                   HDF5 Version: 1.8.11
>>                  Configured on: Wed May  8 16:20:56 CDT 2013
>>                  Configured by: hdftest@koala
>>                 Configure mode: production
>>                    Host system: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>              Uname information: Linux koala 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5 #1 SMP
>> Tue Jan 22 16:19:19 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>                       Byte sex: little-endian
>>                      Libraries: static, shared
>>             Installation point:
>> /mnt/scr1/pre-release/hdf5/v1811/thg-builds/koala
>>
>> Compiling Options:
>> ------------------
>>               Compilation Mode: production
>>                     C Compiler: /usr/bin/gcc ( gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 )
>>                         CFLAGS:
>>                      H5_CFLAGS: -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra
>> -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual
>> -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wconversion -Wag
>> gregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
>> -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Winline
>> -Wno-long-long -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-format-attribut
>> e -Wmissing-noreturn -Wpacked -Wdisabled-optimization -Wformat=2
>> -Wunreachable-code -Wendif-labels -Wdeclaration-after-statement
>> -Wold-style-definition -Winvalid-pch -Wvariadic-
>> macros -Wnonnull -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wswitch-default
>> -Wswitch-enum -Wunused-macros -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wc++-compat
>> -Wvolatile-register-var -O3 -fomit-fr
>> ame-pointer -finline-functions
>>                      AM_CFLAGS:
>>                       CPPFLAGS:
>>                    H5_CPPFLAGS: -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L   -DNDEBUG
>> -UH5_DEBUG_API
>>                    AM_CPPFLAGS:
>> -I/mnt/hdf/packages/szip/shared/encoder/Linux2.6-x86_64-gcc/include
>> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE
>>               Shared C Library: yes
>>               Static C Library: yes
>>  Statically Linked Executables: yes
>>                        LDFLAGS:
>>                     H5_LDFLAGS:
>>                     AM_LDFLAGS: 
>> -L/mnt/hdf/packages/szip/shared/encoder/Linux2.6-x86_64-gcc/lib
>>                Extra libraries:  -lsz -lz -lrt -ldl -lm
>>                       Archiver: ar
>>                         Ranlib: ranlib
>>              Debugged Packages:
>>                    API Tracing: no
>> Languages:
>> ----------
>>                        Fortran: yes
>>               Fortran Compiler: /usr/bin/gfortran ( GNU Fortran (GCC)
>> 4.1.2 20080704 )
>>          Fortran 2003 Compiler: no
>>                  Fortran Flags:
>>               H5 Fortran Flags: 
>>               AM Fortran Flags:
>>         Shared Fortran Library: yes
>>         Static Fortran Library: yes
>>
>>                            C++: yes
>>                   C++ Compiler: /usr/bin/g++ ( g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 )
>>                      C++ Flags:
>>                   H5 C++ Flags: 
>>                   AM C++ Flags:
>>             Shared C++ Library: yes
>>             Static C++ Library: yes
>>
>> Features:
>> ---------
>>                  Parallel HDF5: no
>>             High Level library: yes
>>                   Threadsafety: no
>>            Default API Mapping: v18
>> With Deprecated Public Symbols: yes
>>         I/O filters (external): deflate(zlib),szip(encoder)
>>         I/O filters (internal): shuffle,fletcher32,nbit,scaleoffset
>>                            MPE: no
>>                     Direct VFD: no
>>                        dmalloc: no
>> Clear file buffers before write: yes
>>           Using memory checker: no
>>         Function Stack Tracing: no
>>                           GPFS: no
>>      Strict File Format Checks: no
>>   Optimization Instrumentation: no
>>       Large File Support (LFS): yes
>> ****************************************
>>
>> I had another query. What value does H5P_DEFAULT contain and where is
>> the value for this variable set. I was not able to find it from the
>> v1.8.9 source, please let me know. I ask, since the code I am working
>> with, sets the file access to H5P_DEFAULT if MPI is not being used, else
>> its set to H5Pset_fapl_mpio.
>>
>> Please let me know if you need more information.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nitya
>>
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 14:33:07 -0500
>> From: Albert Cheng <[email protected]>
>> To: HDF Users Discussion List <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Hdf-forum] HDF5 - reading files larger than 2GB
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Hi Nitya,
>>
>> Can you also give more information about the machine in which you ran your 
>> application
>> that got the failures?  E.g.,
>>
>> 1. OS version ("uname -a" usually shows it.)
>> 1.1. For Mac, try "sw_vers".
>>
>> 2. Did you build the HDF5 library from source?
>> 2.1. if yes, please send a copy of the output of configure.
>> 2.2. If the output of configure is not available, please send a copy of 
>> libhdf5.settings.
>>        You can usually find "libhdf5.settings" in the same directory where 
>> you find the
>>        HDF5 library, libhdf5.a or libhdf5.so.
>>
>> This will help us to try to repeat your problems in the appropriate platform.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Albert Change
>> THG Staff
>>
>> On Jul 2, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Dana Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nitya,
>>>
>>> I'll take a look into this.  It's a holiday weekend here, so I probably 
>>> won't get to this until next week.
>>>
>>> Dana
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Nitya Hariharan <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am having some trouble reading in a HDF5 file that is ~5GB. I was
>>> initially having some problems even writing out a file this large and
>>> looked at some postings in the HDF5 forum related to this.
>>>
>>> http://hdf-forum.184993.n3.nabble.com/Trouble-writing-2GB-dataset-from-single-task-with-HDF5-1-8-10-td4025821.html
>>>
>>> I tried using the serial version of the HDF5 library, v1.8.9 and was
>>> able to write out a file of size ~5GB. However, when I try to read it
>>> back in, I get the following error.
>>>
>>> ----------------
>>> #000: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dio.c line
>>> 182 in H5Dread(): can't read data
>>>    major: Dataset
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #001: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dio.c line
>>> 550 in H5D__read(): can't read data
>>>    major: Dataset
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #002: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dcontig.c
>>> line 543 in H5D__contig_read(): contiguous read failed
>>>    major: Dataset
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #003: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dselect.c
>>> line 278 in H5D__select_read(): read error
>>>    major: Dataspace
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #004: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dselect.c
>>> line 213 in H5D__select_io(): read error
>>>    major: Dataspace
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #005: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dcontig.c
>>> line 873 in H5D__contig_readvv(): can't perform vectorized sieve buffer read
>>>    major: Dataset
>>>    minor: Can't operate on object
>>>  #006: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5V.c line
>>> 1457 in H5V_opvv(): can't perform operation
>>>    major: Internal error (too specific to document in detail)
>>>    minor: Can't operate on object
>>>  #007: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Dcontig.c
>>> line 674 in H5D__contig_readvv_sieve_cb(): block read failed
>>>    major: Dataset
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #008: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Fio.c line
>>> 113 in H5F_block_read(): read through metadata accumulator failed
>>>    major: Low-level I/O
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #009: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5Faccum.c
>>> line 258 in H5F_accum_read(): driver read request failed
>>>    major: Low-level I/O
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #010: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5FDint.c
>>> line 142 in H5FD_read(): driver read request failed
>>>    major: Virtual File Layer
>>>    minor: Read failed
>>>  #011: /home/hdftest/snapshots-bin-hdf5_1_8_11/current/src/H5FDsec2.c
>>> line 725 in H5FD_sec2_read(): file read failed: time = Mon Jul  1
>>> 20:21:57 2013
>>> , filename = '/tmp/file.hdf5', file descriptor = 5, errno = 14, error
>>> message = 'Bad address', buf = 0x2ae9619ea010, total read size =
>>> 4677466176, bytes this sub-read = 4677466176, bytes actually read =
>>> 18446744073709551615, offset = 744468544
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> I looked at the forum again and saw this posting, which mentioned that
>>> there was a bug fix done for POSIX issues.
>>>
>>> http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/pipermail/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org/2012-December/006348.html
>>>
>>> I was using v1.8.9, but thought of using the latest 1.8.11 to rule out
>>> any issues with the HDF5 version I was using. However, I still get the
>>> above error.
>>>
>>> Please could someone provide some feedback on why this is happening. If
>>> I am able to write out such a large file, I should be able to read it in
>>> as well? Ofcourse, small sized files work perfectly fine in my application.
>>>
>>> Since the library I am using, that in turn calls the HDF5 routines,
>>> needs the interface of v1.6 of the HDF5 library, I use the flag
>>> H5_USE_16_API while compiling. Would this in anyway cause the problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Nitya
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Regards

Nitya


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