Big is what will not fit in RAM in an ordinary use case. If it would easily fit in memory use a memory file.
Not sure what you're expecting from the software, I expect developers to try ;-) Note, HDF5 is normally used for permanent storage not ephemeral. Another way would be to write a special terminal VFD driver that does exactly what you want. 2014-08-20 8:43 GMT+02:00 Андрей Парамонов <[email protected]>: > 20.08.2014 10:37, Dimitris Servis пишет: > > Big data or small data? >> > > I don't know if 1M..1G qualifies as big or small ;-) > I just feel that several-second delay when closing temp. data files is > very stupid. > > > Did you try storing everything under a single group and unlinking it >> from the root before closing? This *might* prevent HDF5 from wanting to >> flush anything. >> > > "Might" is not what I'm expecting from the software ;-) > So, I guess there is no way to discard file, deterministically? > > > Best wishes, > Andrey Paramonov > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf- > forum_lists.hdfgroup.org > Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 >
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