Re: working with a large file

2011-09-12 Thread Stefan Behnel
Rita, 12.09.2011 12:34: I have a large file, 18gb uncompressed, and I would like to know what is the preferred method to read this file for random access. I have several processes reading the file which different calculate arguments. My server has 64gb of memory. Not sure what is the preferred wa

Re: working with a large file

2011-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Rohdewald
On Montag 12 September 2011, Rita wrote: > I have a large file, 18gb uncompressed, and I would like to > know what is the preferred method to read this file for > random access. I have several processes reading the file > which different calculate arguments. My server has 64gb of > memory. Not sure

working with a large file

2011-09-12 Thread Rita
I have a large file, 18gb uncompressed, and I would like to know what is the preferred method to read this file for random access. I have several processes reading the file which different calculate arguments. My server has 64gb of memory. Not sure what is the preferred way to do this? -- ---