| 19.0 |
What is Chunking?
Chunked data are written in chunks of user-defined size. |
| 19.1 |
Choosing Chunksizes
How do you pick chunksizes? |
| 19.2 |
Setting the Chunksizes in NetCDF-4
Set the chunksizes for variables in netCDF-4 file with nc_def_var_chunking(). |
| 19.3 |
The Cache in NetCDF-4
The chunk cache is used when reading or writing data. Set the cache size correctly for each variable to improve performance. |
| 19.4 |
Setting the Cache in NetCDF-4
Set the cache for a variable with the nc_var_set_cache function. |
| 19.5 |
Per-Variable Compression in NetCDF-4
Chunked variables in netCDF-4 files may use on-the-fly compression with zlib. |
| 19.6 |
Per-Variable Compression in NetCDF-4, Results
File sizes of compressed and uncompressed 2D radar data. Note that deflation levels don't necessarily work as advertized, YMMV. |
| 19.7 |
How to Use Per-Variable Compression in NetCDF-4
Some advice about using compression. |
| 19.8 |
Contiguous Variables
A contiguous variable is stored as one long array in the file. |