storing vertical data

• Subject: storing vertical data
• From: dvt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Daniel Teyf)
• Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 21:31:20 +0000

I am designing a vertical profile archive database and have a few 
questions/concerns reguarding
its efficiency and implementation.  My unlimited dimension is the profile 
number, but the 
number of altitude readings vary from profile to profile by a large margin.  

What is the optimal, space-saving, way of storing vertical data with a variable 
number of 
altitudes, when the altitude is not the unlimited variable.  Assigning a 
standard number of 
altitude increments will waste space.

ALso, does anyone have an idea of what is an efficient file size for searches?  
If I
break the archive into smaller files will it speed up the file access, or will 
it be an
unnecessary action?

Thanks,

Daniel Teyf


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