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HDF5 documents and links Introduction to HDF5 |
HDF5 User’s Guide HDF5 Application Developer's Guide HDF5 Reference Manual |
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| HDF5 Compression Troubleshooting | Describes how to diagnose situations in files when compression is not working as expected. | |||
| Improving I/O Performance When Working with HDF5 Compressed Datasets | Describes the factors that should be considered when storing compressed data in HDF5 files and how to tune those parameters to optimize the I/O performance of an HDF5 application when working with compressed datasets. | |||
| Virtual File Layer | A description of the HDF5 virtual file layer (VFL), a public API for the implementation of custom I/O drivers | |||
| List of VFL Functions |
A list of the VFL functions, H5FD*
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| HDF5 Library Release Version Numbers | A description of HDF5 release version numbers | |||
| Checksumming and Digitally Signing HDF5 Releases | Explanation of what MD5 checksums and PGP signatures are and why and how to apply them to HDF5 releases | |||
| Automake Use Cases | Simple explanations of how to make some common changes to HDF5’s Automake-generated Makefiles.am | |||
| Daily Test Explained | An explanation of the Daily Testing for HDF software conducted | |||
| Variable-length Datatype Information | A description of various aspects of using variable-length datatypes in HDF5 | |||
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Historical NotesThese documents are retained because they shed light on HDF5’s design and development history; many were working papers for the original HDF5 design process. Where available, the date of the most recent update of the technical content of a document is listed in the right-hand column. These documents are not actively maintained and may be out of date. | ||||
| Memory Management | A discussion of memory management issues in HDF5 | |||
| Memory Management and Free Lists | Notes regarding the implementation of free lists and memory management | 3 May 2000 | ||
| Heap Management | A discussion of the H5H heap management functions | 8 July 1998 | ||
| Raw Data Storage | A discussion of the storage of raw HDF5 data | 25 Nov 1997 | ||
| I/O Pipeline | A description of the raw data I/O pipeline | 18 Mar 1998 | ||
| Large Datasets on Small Machines | A guide to accessing large datasets on small computers | 19 Jul 1998 | ||
| Relocating a File Data Structure | A discussion of the issues involved in moving file data structures once they have been cached in memory | 14 Jul 1997 | ||
| Working with External Files | A guide to the use of multiple files with HDF5 | 8 Sep 1998 | ||
| Object Headers | A discussion of the H5O object header functions | 8 Jul 1998 | ||
| Symbol Table Caching Issues | A discussion of issues involving caching of object header messages in symbol table entries | 8 Jul 1998 | ||
| HDF4/HDF5 Compatibility | A discussion of compatibility issues between HDF4 and HDF5 | 8 Oct 1997 | ||
| Testing the Chunked Layout of HDF5 | A white paper discussing the motivation to implement raw data chunking in the HDF5 Library | 30 Jan 1997 | ||
| Library Maintenance | A discussion of HDF5 Library maintenance issues | 15 Oct 1999 | ||
| Code Review | Code Review 1 and 2 | 10 Nov 1997 | ||
| Naming Schemes | A discussion of naming schemes for HDF5 Library modules, functions, datatypes, and other elements | 5 Aug 1997 | ||
| Thread Safe HDF5 Library Implementation | A report on the implementation of a thread safe HDF5 Library | 27 Sep 2000 | ||
| Using HDF5 with OpenMP | A short report on using HDF5 with OpenMP | 28 Nov 2000 | ||
| HDF5 Software Controls | Descriptions of the HDF5 knobs and controls, such as the environment variables and settings that control the functionality of the HDF5 libraries and tools | 11 Dec 2000 | ||
| Test Review | Results of reviewing tests for API functions | 11 Nov 2002 | ||
| Basic Performance Tools | A description of the three basic performance tools (chunk, iopipe, overhead) | 4 Jun 2003 | ||
| Reserved File Address Space | A description of HDF5’s internal system for ensuring that files stay within their address space | 28 Sep 2006 | ||
| Data Transform Report | Report of the data transform implementation | 10 Dec 2004 | ||
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HDF5 documents and links Introduction to HDF5 |
HDF5 User’s Guide HDF5 Application Developer's Guide HDF5 Reference Manual |
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