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Elena Pourmal, The HDF Group

UPDATE January 19, 2016: The HDF5-1.10.0-alpha1 release is now available, adding Collective Metadata I/O to these features:

– Concurrent Access to an HDF5 File: Single Writer / Multiple Reader (SWMR)
– Virtual Dataset (VDS)
– Scalable Chunk Indexing
– Persistent Free File Space Tracking

We’re pleased to announce the release of HDF5 1.10.0-alpha0.

HDF5 1.10.0, planned for release in Spring, 2016, is a major release containing many new features.  On January 6, 2016 we announced the release of the first alpha version of the software.

The alpha0 release contains some (but not all) of the features that will be in HDF5 1.10.0.  The Single Writer/Multiple Reader and Virtual Data Set features, below, are both contained in this alpha release as are scalable chunk indexing and persistent free file space tracking.  More features, such as enhancements to  parallel HDF5 and support for compressing contiguous datasets will be added in upcoming alpha releases.

Here are the highlights:   

January 6, 2016

Elena Pourmal and Quincey Koziol - The HDF Group UPDATE: Check our support pages for the newest version of  HDF5-1.10.0. Concurrent Access to an HDF5 File: Single Writer / Multiple Reader (SWMR) Virtual Dataset (VDS) Scalable Chunk Indexing Persistent Free Filespace Tracking Collective Metadata I/O Integration of Java HDF5 JNI into HDF5 Many changes have been made to the HDF5 configuration Unfortunately, parallel HDF5 enhancement has been postponed This version contains a fix for an issue which occurred when building HDF5 within the source code directory. Check our downloads page for more information. We are still on target for releasing HDF5-1.10.0 next week, let us know if you have any comments! The HDF Group is committed to meeting our users' needs and expectations for...

May 28, 2015