On Feb 10, 2016, at 10:27 AM, David A. Schneider wrote: > I think something like that is a great idea! > > David > > On 02/10/16 07:17, Filipe Maia wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I think the current default chuck cache size behaviour of HDF5 is inadequate for the type of data it is typically used with. >> This is specially a problem when using compression as most users/readers will not set any chunk cache and cause endless decompression calls. I think this hinders the use of compression and other kinds of filters. >> >> I would like to propose that when a dataset is opened its chuck cache be set to the largest of the file chunk cache (the one set with H5Pset_cache) and the dataset chunk size. >> >> I think this would be beneficial for the vast majority of the workloads. >> >> Cheers, >> Filipe >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >> Hdf-forum@lists.hdfgroup.org >> http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 > > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > Hdf-forum@lists.hdfgroup.org > http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org > Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5