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>cc: Harsh Anand <address@hidden> >From: Harsh Anand <address@hidden> >Subject: netcdf-3.3.1 parallel version for T3E >Organization: LBNL/NERSC >Keywords: 199802190147.SAA16417 netCDF 3.3.1 parallel T3E > > Hi, > > I have recently installed netcdf-3.3.1 serial version > on T3E. I understand you are working on the parallel > version. Could you please let me know its status? Netcdf-3 is currently not "MP safe". The design is such that it is easier to make safe, but without more agreement from vendors on lock calls and low level parallel i/o calls we have not made it a high priority. Most of the demand seems to for the T3E, so, given appropriate collaboration, that it probably the platform where we would first do it. > BTW, I ran the following simple parallel test case > with the serial version and it gave correct results. > > > Can we use this serial version to do parallel I/O > with netCDF files? How about the performance? You can use netcdf in parallel applications, but it would be safest to have all netcdf library calls to a given file occur serially on a single processor. > Thanks. > > Harsh Anand > (510) 486-5575 You are welcome. -glenn