Cache

cache input objects

Parameters

name	description	type
mode	operation mode (Memory, From_Disk, To_Disk, Automatic)	Int
file	filename where cache should be created	String
step	step width when reading from disk	Int
start	start step	Int
stop	stop step	Int
field_compression	compression mode for data fields (Uncompressed, Predict, Zfp, SZ, BigWhoop)	Int
zfp_rate	ZFP fixed compression rate	Float
zfp_precision	ZFP fixed precision	Int
zfp_accuracy	ZFP compression error tolerance	Float
bigWhoop_nPar	BigWhoop number of independent parameters	Int
bigWhoop_rate	BigWhoop compression rate	Float
archive_compression	compression mode for archives (CompressionNone, CompressionLz4, CompressionZstd)	Int
archive_compression_speed	speed parameter of compression algorithm	Int
reorder	reorder timesteps	Int
renumber	renumber timesteps consecutively	Int

Supported System Parameters

name	description	type
_openmp_threads	number of OpenMP threads (0: system default)	Int
_benchmark	show timing information	Int
_concurrency	number of tasks to keep in flight per MPI rank (-1: #cores/2)	Int
_cache_mode	input object caching (CacheNone, CacheDeleteEarly, CacheDeleteLate, CacheByName)	Int
_prioritize_visible	prioritize currently visible timestep	Int
_validate_objects	validate data objects before sending to port (Disable, Quick, Thorough)	Int

The meaning of these parameters is described in more detail in the System Parameters documentation.