Advanced Topics in HDF5

The following topics are broadly applicable in HDF5 applications.
Chunking in HDF5		Provides background and guidance to assist in structuring and tuning the use of chunking.
Using the Direct     Chunk Write     Function		Describes another way that chunks can be written to datasets. (PDF only)
Copying Committed     Datatypes with     H5Ocopy		Describes how to copy to another file a dataset that uses a committed datatype or an object with an attribute that uses a committed datatype so that the committed datatype in the destination file can be used by multiple objects. (PDF only)
Using Identifiers		Describes how HDF5 identifiers behave and how they should be treated.
HDF5 Metadata		Provides a comprehensive overview of the types of metadata used in HDF5.
HDF5 Dynamically     Loaded Filters		Describes how an HDF5 application can apply a non-native HDF5 filter during I/O operations at run-time. (PDF only)
HDF5 Data Flow    Pipeline for H5Dread		Describes data flow when reading raw data from an HDF5 dataset. (PDF only)
The following topics are of interest in certain limited situations such as when space utilization or performance must be carefully tuned.
Metadata Caching     in HDF5		Provides detailed information for managing and tuning HDF5 metadata caching.
HDF5 File Image     Operations		Describes how to work with HDF5 files in memory. Disk I/O is not required when file images are opened, created, read from, or written to. (PDF only)
Enabling a Strict     Consistency     Semantics Model     in Parallel HDF5		Describes how to improve file access consistency semantics with the Parallel HDF5 Library. (PDF only)