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[netCDF #AIQ-275071]: [netcdf-hdf] Unexpected overall file size jump



Jonathan,

> I have a question related to nc_sync() and chunks in netcd4/hdf5. If you are
> writing a chunked file and call nc_sync(), does the entire chunk get written
> to disk? If your chunk size were large this seems like it could write a
> large amount of garbage data.
> 
> I also have a more general question about chunk sizes; should we consider
> disk block (sector) sizes when choosing chunk sizes?

Sorry, I didn't know the answers to your questions.  I've forwarded them to 
someone else who might ...

--Russ


Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AIQ-275071
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed


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