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Caching and Buffering in HDF5

Caching and Buffering in HDF5. The HDF Group. Software stack and the “magic box”. Life cycle: What happens to data when it is transferred from application buffer to HDF5 file?. Application. Data buffer. Object API. H5Dwrite. Library internals . Magic box. Virtual file I/O.

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Caching and Buffering in HDF5

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  1. Caching and Buffering in HDF5 The HDF Group HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  2. Software stack and the “magic box” • Life cycle: What happens to data when it is transferred from application buffer to HDF5 file? Application Data buffer Object API H5Dwrite Library internals Magic box Virtual file I/O Unbuffered I/O File or other “storage” Data in a file HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  3. Inside the magic box • Understanding of what is happening to data inside the magic box will help to write efficient applications • HDF5 library has mechanisms to control behavior inside the magic box • Goals of this talk: • Describe some basic operations and data structures and explain how they affect performance and storage sizes • Give some “recipes” for how to improve performance HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  4. Topics • Dataset metadata and array data storage layouts • Types of dataset storage layouts • Factors affecting I/O performance • I/O with compact datasets • I/O with contiguous datasets • I/O with chunked datasets • Variable length data and I/O HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  5. HDF5 dataset metadata and array data storage layouts HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  6. HDF5 Dataset • Data array • Ordered collection of identically typed data items distinguished by their indices • Metadata • Dataspace: Rank, dimensions of dataset array • Datatype: Information on how to interpret data • Storage Properties: How array is organized on disk • Attributes: User-defined metadata (optional) HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  7. Separate Components of a Dataset Header Data array Dataspace Rank Dimensions 3 Dim_1 = 4 Dim_2 = 5 Dim_3 = 7 Datatype IEEE 32-bit float Attributes Storage info Time = 32.4 Chunked Pressure = 987 Compressed Temp = 56 HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  8. Metadata cache and array data • Dataset array data typically kept in application memory • Dataset header in separate space – metadata cache Application memory Dataset array data Metadata cache Dataset header …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Attributes … Dataset array data HDF5 metadata File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  9. Metadata and metadata cache • HDF5 metadata • Information about HDF5 objects used by the library • Examples: object headers, B-tree nodes for group, B-Tree nodes for chunks, heaps, super-block, etc. • Usually small compared to raw data sizes (KB vs. MB-GB) • Metadata cache • Space allocated to handle pieces of the HDF5 metadata • Allocated by the HDF5 library in application’s memory space • Cache behavior affects overall performance • Metadata cache implementation prior to HDF5 1.6.5 could cause performance degradation for some applications HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  10. Types of data storage layouts HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  11. HDF5 datasets storage layouts • Contiguous • Chunked • Compact HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  12. Contiguous storage layout • Metadata header separate from raw data • Raw data stored in one contiguous block on disk Application memory Dataset array data Metadata cache Dataset header …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Attributes … File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  13. Chunked storage • Chunking – storage layout where a dataset is partitioned in fixed-size multi-dimensional tiles or chunks • Used for extendible datasets and datasets with filters applied (checksum, compression) • HDF5 library treats each chunk as atomic object • Greatly affects performance and file sizes HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  14. Chunked storage layout • Raw data divided into equal sized blocks (chunks). • Each chunk stored separately as a contiguous block on disk Application memory Dataset array data Metadata cache Dataset header B C D A …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Chunkindex Attributes … header Chunkindex File A C D B HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  15. Compact storage layout • Data array and metadata stored together in the header Application memory Metadata cache Dataset header Array data …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Attributes … Array data Data File* * “File” may in fact be a collection of files, memory, or other storage destination. HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  16. Factors affecting I/O performance HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  17. What goes on inside the magic box? • Operations on data inside the magic box • Copying to/from internal buffers • Datatype conversion • Scattering - gathering • Data transformation (filters, compression) • Data structures used • B-trees (groups, dataset chunks) • Hash tables • Local and Global heaps (variable length data: link names, strings, etc.) • Other concepts • HDF5 metadata, metadata cache • Chunking, chunk cache HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  18. Operations on data inside the magic box • Copying to/from internal buffers • Datatype conversion, such as • float  integer • LE  BE • 64-bit integer to 16-bit integer • Scattering - gathering • Data is scattered/gathered from/to application buffers into internal buffers for datatype conversion and partial I/O • Data transformation (filters, compression) • Checksum on raw data and metadata (in 1.8.0) • Algebraic transform • GZIP and SZIP compressions • User-defined filters HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  19. I/O performance depends on • Storage layouts • Dataset storage properties • Chunking strategy • Metadata cache performance • Datatype conversion performance • Other filters, such as compression • Access patterns HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  20. I/O with different storage layouts HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  21. Writing compact dataset Application memory Metadata cache Dataset header …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Attributes … Array data Data One write to store header and data array File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  22. Writing contiguous dataset – no conversion Application memory Metadata cache Dataset array data Dataset header …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Attributes … File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  23. Writing a contiguous dataset with datatype conversion Dataset array data Metadata cache Dataset header …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Attribute 1 Conversion buffer 1MB Attribute 2 ………… Application memory File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  24. Partial I/O with contiguous datasets HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  25. Writing whole dataset – contiguous rows N M One I/O operation Application data in memory M rows File Data is contiguous in a file HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  26. Sub-setting of contiguous datasetSeries of adjacent rows Application data in memory N M One I/O operation M rows Subset – contiguous in file File Entire dataset – contiguous in file HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  27. Sub-setting of contiguous datasetAdjacent, partial rows Application data in memory N Several small I/O operation M N elements … File Data is scattered in a file in M contiguous blocks HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  28. Sub-setting of contiguous datasetExtreme case: writing a column Application data in memory N Several small I/O operation M 1 element … Subset data is scattered in a file in M different locations HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  29. Sub-setting of contiguous datasetData sieve buffer Application data in memory Data is gathered in a sieve buffer in memory 64K memcopy N M 1 element … File Data is scattered in a file in M contiguous blocks HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  30. Performance tuning for contiguous dataset • Datatype conversion • Avoid for better performance • Use H5Pset_buffer function to customize conversion buffer size • Partial I/O • Write/read in big contiguous blocks • Use H5Pset_sieve_buf_size to improve performance for complex subsetting HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  31. I/O with Chunking HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  32. Reminder – chunked storage layout Application memory Dataset array data Metadata cache Dataset header B C D A …………. Datatype Dataspace …………. Chunkindex Attributes … header Chunkindex File A C D B HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  33. Information about chunking • HDF5 library treats each chunk as atomic object • Compression is applied to each chunk • Datatype conversion, other filters applied per chunk • Chunk size greatly affects performance • Chunk overhead adds to file size • Chunk processing involves many steps • Chunk cache • Caches chunks for better performance • Created for each chunked dataset • Size of chunk cache is set for file(default size 1MB) • Each chunked dataset has its own chunk cache • Chunk may be too big to fit into cache • Memory may grow if application keeps opening datasets HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  34. Metadata cache Dataset_1 header ………… ……… Chunk cache Default size is 1MB Dataset_N header Chunking B-tree nodes ………… Application memory Chunk cache HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  35. Writing chunked dataset Chunked dataset Chunk cache A C C B Filter pipeline B A C File ………….. • Compression performed when chunk evicted from the chunk cache • Other filters applied as data goes through filter pipeline HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  36. Partial I/O with Chunking HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  37. Partial I/O for chunked dataset • Example: write the green subset from the dataset , converting the data • Dataset is stored as six chunks in the file. • The subset spans four chunks, numbered 1-4 in the figure. • Hence four chunks must be written to the file. • But first, the four chunks must be read from the file, to preserve those parts of each chunk that are not to be overwritten. 1 2 3 4 HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  38. Partial I/O for chunked dataset • For each of the four chunks: • Read chunk from file into chunk cache, unless it’s already there. • Determine which part of the chunk will be replaced by the selection. • Replace that part of the chunk in the cache with the corresponding elements from the application’s array. • Move those elements to conversion buffer and perform conversion • Move those elements back from conversion buffer to chunk cache. • Apply filters (compression) when chunk is flushed from chunk cache • For each element 3 memcopy performed HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  39. memcopy Partial I/O for chunked dataset Chunk cache Application buffer 3 3 Chunk Elements participating in I/O are gathered into corresponding chunk Application memory HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  40. Partial I/O for chunked dataset Chunk cache Memcopy Conversion buffer 3 Memcopy Application memory Compress and write to file Chunk File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  41. Variable length data and I/O HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  42. Examples of variable length data • String A[0] “the first string we want to write” ………………………………… A[N-1] “the N-th string we want to write” • Each element is a record of variable-length A[0] (1,1,0,0,0,5,6,7,8,9) [length = 10] A[1] (0,0,110,2005) [length = 4] ……………………….. A[N] (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,….,M) [length = M] HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  43. Variable length data in HDF5 • Variable length description in HDF5 application typedef struct { size_t length; void *p; }hvl_t; • Base type can be any HDF5 type H5Tvlen_create(base_type) • ~ 20 bytesoverhead for each element • Data cannot be compressed HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  44. How variable length data is stored in HDF5 Actual variable length data Global heap File Pointer intoglobal heap Dataset header Dataset withvariable length elements HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  45. Application buffer Raw data Global heap Variable length datasets and I/O • When writing variable length data, elements inapplication buffer point to global heaps in the metadata cache where actual data is stored. HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  46. There may be more than one global heap Raw data Application buffer Global heap Global heap HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  47. Variable length datasets and I/O Raw data Global heap Global heap File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  48. VL chunked dataset in a file Chunk B-tree File Dataset header Heaps with VL data Dataset chunks HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  49. Writing chunked VL datasets Application memory Metadata cache B-tree nodes Chunk cache Dataset header ………… Global heap ……… Raw data Chunk cache Conversion buffer Filter pipeline VL chunked dataset with selected region File HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

  50. Hints for variable length data I/O • Avoid closing/opening a file while writing VL datasets • Global heap information is lost • Global heaps may have unused space • Avoid alternately writing different VL datasets • Data from different datasets will go into to the same heap • If maximum length of the record is known, consider using fixed-length records and compression HDF-EOS Workshop XI Tutorial

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