Andrea, On Jan 16, 2014, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Bedini <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > in a post few years ago [1] Quincey Koziol explained that the VL data is > stored in a "global heap" in > the file, which is not compressed. He also mentioned that a new "fractal > heap" code was being developed (which, I assume, would allow compression of > VL data). > > Is there any news on this front? I there a way to compress VL data? > No news. We need funding to implement compression of VL data. If any organization is willing to sponsor the feature, please contact us at [email protected] Thank you! Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal Director of Technical Services and Operations The HDF Group 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign, IL 61820 www.hdfgroup.org (217)531-6112 (office) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks, > Andrea > > [1] > http://hdf-forum.184993.n3.nabble.com/hdf-forum-Compression-in-variable-length-datasets-not-working-td194091.html > > -- > Andrea Bedini <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org
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