[#XJU-559475]: Re: Fwd: netcdf4 vs. netcdf3

Arlindo,

> As I mentioned to Ed, we have already prototyped writing NC-4/HDF-5 on the
> Altix and it performed quite well. The potential format instability prevents
> us from jumping into it for this coming reanalysis.

Just to make sure I understand the issue, by the "potential format instability" 
are you referring to something other than the fact that netCDF-4 will be based 
on HDF5 1.8, and the latter hasn't been released in final form yet?  Or has 
there been some sort of warning about a possible change in HDF5 format after 
the release of 1.8.0 that may mean loss of support for files written with the 
1.8.0 release?  If the latter, I'd appreciate more information about this.  
Thanks!

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XJU-559475
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed