[vtkusers] parallel mesh reading and writing

[Karl Merkley]

I have a requirement to read and write vtk structured and  
unstructured mesh data in parallel.   These would be large data files  
distributed on multiple nodes.   Does anyone have any "favorite" mesh  
databases for handling this type of requirement.  There is an HDF5  
prototype mesh API, but no one has done anything with the prototype  
in the last 5 years.   I could use the Exodus stuff that is in vtk  
from Sandia, but that has no explicit format for storing a structured  
mesh.  Any other suggestions?

     Thanks,
          Karl