[Paraview] Xdmf data duplication

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Paul,

If you're writing out data that is already partitioned, you should
write it out as a collection of grids. Then each grid in that
collection is read on a separate partition.

Utkarsh

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Paul Melis <paul.melis at sara.nl> wrote:
> On 08/16/2011 04:23 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>> Thanks for reporting Paul. The issue is now fixed
>> (http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=12527). The fix will make it into
>> git-master at the next gatekeeper review and will be included in 3.12.
>
> No problem, thanks for the quick fix!
>
>> Attached is the patch for same.
>
> 2. If the data is unstructrued, we read only on the root node. The user
> +    //    can apply D3 or something to repartition the data.
>
> Ouch, so for unstructured grids Xdmf isn't such an attractive option. If
> I were to store the same dataset in .pvtu + .vtu's would I get better
> automatic data distribution? I must say, I haven't worked with
> unstructured grids that much yet.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>