On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Ethan Davis wrote: > Hi Matthias, > > No, the underlying netCDF-Java library does not handle CF "compression > by gathering". From this fairly recent (June 2011) discussion on the CF > mailing list > > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/pipermail/cf-metadata/2011/022125.html > > it doesn't sound like it is used very widely. As suggested there, you > might consider netCDF-4 chunking/compression instead. Which is handled > by the netCDF-Java library and so by the TDS and ncWMS. I'd like to second Ethan's suggestion to use netCDF 4's chunking/compression. James > > Ethan > > On 12/7/2011 1:07 AM, Matthias Müller wrote: >> Dear Thredds experts, >> >> in order to save us some disk space and maybe increase the performance >> of a Thredds/ncWMS server we are planning to apply "Compression by >> Gathering" (CF Conventions 1.6, section 8.2) to our landuse and >> land-bound climate datasets. Before adapting our data massaging routines >> I would like to make sure that the results will be compatible with the >> Thredds server. >> >> Can you please comfirm that Thredds supports netCDF files that utilize >> "Compression by Gathering"? >> >> Thank you, >> Matthias > > _______________________________________________ > thredds mailing list > thredds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/ -- James Gallagher jgallagher at opendap.org 406.723.8663
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