H5Part development and discussion

[gsell <achim.gsell AT psi.ch>]

> On 02 Nov 2016, at 14:47, Jozsef Bakosi <jbakosi AT lanl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Alright, I'm here, ready and online. Christoph Junghans might also join us 
> (also
> from LANL) but might be a bit late.

OK, we can either start the hangout now or at 5pm (CET). What do you prefer?

Best

Achim
> 
> Thanks,
> Jozsef
> -- 
> Jozsef Bakosi, LANL CCS-2, 505-665-0950
> 
> On 11.02.2016 06:27, Adelmann Andreas (PSI) wrote:
>>   ok lets do Hangouts, I will send you an invitation
>> 
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>>   On 01 Nov 2016, at 14:47, Jozsef Bakosi <[1]jbakosi AT lanl.gov> wrote:
>> 
>>   Hi Achim,
>>   Sorry for the late reply.
>>   Yes, Wednesday 8am MST (5pm CET) works for me. I prefer Google hangout
>>   ([2]jbakosi AT gmail.com), but Skype might also work (jbakosi).
>>   Let's have a chat on Wednesday then.
>>   Thanks,
>>   Jozsef
>>   --
>>   Jozsef Bakosi
>>   Computational Physics and Algorithms (CCS-2)
>>   MS D413, Los Alamos National Laboratory
>>   Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
>>   email: [3]jbakosi AT lanl.gov
>>   phone: 505-665-0950
>>   fax: 505-665-4972
>>   On 10.28.2016 16:21, gsell wrote:
>> 
>>     Hi Jozsef,
>> 
>>     On 25 Oct 2016, at 21:50, Jozsef Bakosi <[4]jbakosi AT lanl.gov> wrote:
>>     Hi Andy,
>>     Yes, I have seen h5hut but since at the time I was only interested
>>     in particles,
>>     I just used H5Part. However, now I would be interested in it more
>>     and looked at
>>     it again and saw that there is capability in there to save
>>     unstructured meshes
>>     too. This would be great, if it worked in parallel. According to the
>>     web site it
>>     does not yet work in parallel. I also have not found documentation
>>     on the API
>>     for H5hut. I would be interested in exploring how much work is
>>     missing to make
>>     it fulfill the requirements I am aiming for.
>> 
>>     An experimental code for reading unstructured meshes in parallel
>>     already exist. But there is still lot of work to do, till this code
>>     is really usable. For the time being we cannot store unstructured
>>     meshes per time step, but this would be a minor change.
>> 
>>     1. Does anyone know of an existing library that satisfies all the
>>     above
>>     requirements?
>> 
>>     No.
>> 
>>     2. How much work do you think it would be to add the mesh topology
>>     information
>>     to H5Part?
>> 
>>     In principal this is already possible with H5hut/H5Part. It's not
>>     really according the data model for storing particle data, but
>>     anyway ...
>>     A better solution would be to implement another data model for
>>     arbitrary datasets. This shouldn't be to hard.
>> 
>>     I am available for live conversation, possibly via skype, google
>>     hangout, or
>>     phone. Please let me know if someone is interested in pursuing this
>>     and want to
>>     have a live discussion on it.
>> 
>>     OK, let's have a live discussion on it. Would next Wednesday at 5pm
>>     CET (8am MST?) be OK?
>>     Best
>>     Achim
>> 
>> References
>> 
>>   1. mailto:jbakosi AT lanl.gov
>>   2. mailto:jbakosi AT gmail.com
>>   3. mailto:jbakosi AT lanl.gov
>>   4. mailto:jbakosi AT lanl.gov

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