What looks attractive is FASTER compression: <http://www.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/
> 3 to 4 times faster compress time than gzip (so shorter write
times), albeit on a Pentium II 300 Mhz (any more modern comparisons
out there?). About same for decompression. I haven't used it myself
yet, since it's not supported yet in netcdf4.....
-- T
On Sep 7, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Ed Hartnett wrote:
Fans of szip say it gives better compression.
