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<tr><td colspan="7"><hr color="green" size="3" /></td></tr>
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<b>Driver <br />Name</b></td>
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<td width="15%">
<b>Driver <br />Identifier</b></td>
<td width="2%"> </td>
<td width="39%">
<b>Description</b></td>
<td width="2%"> </td>
<td width="25%">
<b>Related API</b></td></tr>
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<td>POSIX </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_SEC2</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This driver uses POSIX file-system functions like read and
write to perform I/O to a single, permanent file on local disk
with no system buffering. This driver is POSIX-compliant and is
<b>the default file driver for all systems</b>. </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_sec2</code></td></tr>
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<td>Direct</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_DIRECT</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This is the <code>H5FD_SEC2</code> driver except data is
written to or read from the file synchronously without being
cached by the system. </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_direct</code></td></tr>
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<td>Log</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_LOG</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This is the <code>H5FD_SEC2</code> driver with logging
capabilities.</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_log</code></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="7"><hr color="green" size="1" /></td></tr>
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<td>Windows</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_WINDOWS</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This driver was modified in HDF5-1.8.8 to be a wrapper of
the POSIX driver, H5FD_SEC2. This change should not affect user
applications.</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_windows</code></td></tr>
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<td>STDIO</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_STDIO</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This driver uses functions from the standard C
<code>stdio.h</code> to perform I/O to a single, permanent file
on local disk with additional system buffering. </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_stdio</code></td></tr>
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<td>Memory</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_CORE</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>With this driver, an application can work with a file in
memory for faster reads and writes. File contents are kept in
memory until the file is closed. At closing, the memory
version of the file can be written back to disk or abandoned. </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_core</code></td></tr>
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<td>Family</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_FAMILY</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>With this driver, the HDF5 files address space is partitioned
into pieces and sent to separate storage files using an underlying
driver of the user’s choice. This driver is for systems that do
not support files larger than 2 gigabytes.</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_family</code></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="7"><hr color="green" size="1" /></td></tr>
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<td>Multi</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_MULTI</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>With this driver, data can be stored in multiple files
according to the type of the data. I/O might work better if
data is stored in separate files based on the type of data.
The Split driver is a special case of this driver.</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_multi</code></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="7"><hr color="green" size="1" /></td></tr>
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<td>Split</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_SPLIT</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This file driver splits a file into two parts. One part
stores metadata, and the other part stores raw data. This
splitting a file into two parts is a limited case of the Multi
driver. </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_split</code></td></tr>
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<td>Parallel</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_MPIO</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This is the standard HDF5 file driver for parallel file
systems. This driver uses the MPI standard for both communication
and file I/O. </td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_mpio</code></td></tr>
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<td>Parallel POSIX</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_MPIPOSIX</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This driver is no longer available.</td>
<!-- Removed from service by Quincey 3.28.2014.
<td>This parallel file system driver uses MPI for communication
and POSIX file-system calls for file I/O.</td>
-->
<td> </td>
<!--
<td><code>H5Pset_fapl_mpiposix</code></td>
-->
<td> </td></tr>
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<td>Stream</td>
<td> </td>
<td><code>H5FD_STREAM</code></td>
<td> </td>
<td>This driver is no longer available.</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td></tr>
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