[Pw_forum] I/O performance on BG/P systems

[Paolo Giannozzi]

On Mar 30, 2011, at 11:20 , Gabriele Sclauzero wrote:

> Do you think that having an additional optional level of I/O
> (let's say that it might be called "medium")

I propose 'rare', 'medium', 'well done'

> would be too confusing for users?

some users get confused no matter what

> I could try to implement and test it.

ok: just follow the "io_level" variable. Try first to understand
what the actual behavior is (the documentation is not so
clear on this point) and then think what it should be, if you
have some clear ideas

P.
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