[Nexus-developers] NXmakedata with unlimited size - chunking question

[freddie.akeroyd at stfc.ac.uk]

Janik,

There is no way to specify the chunk size with NXmakedata() - instead you need to use NXcompmakedata() specifying the chunk size in the "bufsize" parameter and, if you do not actually want to have compression, giving NX_COMP_NONE as the compression type

Regards,

Freddie

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> developers-bounces at nexusformat.org] On Behalf Of Zikovsky, Janik L.
> Sent: 10 August 2011 16:36
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> Subject: [Nexus-developers] NXmakedata with unlimited size - chunking
> question
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have been calling NXmakedata() with the first dimension set to
> NX_UNLIMITED so as to allow extendible arrays; this is when writing to
> HDF5 files. This works, but from what I can tell by using hdfview, the
> data sets created use a chunk size of 1 in the first dimension.
> 
> This small chunk size increases writing time by approximately one
> thousand (!) times in my application. Does anyone know how to set the
> chunk size when calling NXmakedata()?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Janik Zikovsky
> Scientific Data Analysis Group, Spallation Neutron Source
> 
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