From 80a61a0838bc033b6e607bd9b13038dfc592c2f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aimee Barciauskas Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:02:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add a sentence about services --- cloud-optimized-netcdf4-hdf5/index.qmd | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/cloud-optimized-netcdf4-hdf5/index.qmd b/cloud-optimized-netcdf4-hdf5/index.qmd index cda2a8e..be17021 100644 --- a/cloud-optimized-netcdf4-hdf5/index.qmd +++ b/cloud-optimized-netcdf4-hdf5/index.qmd @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: Aimee Barciauskas, Alexey Shikmonalov, Luis Lopez toc-depth: 3 --- -The following provides guidance on how to assess and create cloud-optimized HDF5 and NetCDF4 files. This assumes one of those formats is a requirement, usually for archival purposes. If these formats are not a requirement, a cloud-native format like [Zarr](../zarr/intro.qmd) should be considered. If HDF5/NetCDF-4 formats _are_ a requirement, consider zarr-readable chunk indexes such as [kerchunk](../kerchunk/intro.qmd) and [VirtualiZarr](https://virtualizarr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). +The following provides guidance on how to assess and create cloud-optimized HDF5 and NetCDF4 files. Cloud-optimized formats provide efficient subsetting without maintaining a service, such as [OpenDAP](https://www.opendap.org), [Hyrax](https://www.opendap.org/software/hyrax-data-server/) or [SlideRule](https://slideruleearth.io/). Often HDF5 and NetCDF-4 formats are a requirement, for archival purposes. If HDF5 and NetCDF-4 formats are not a requirement, a cloud-native format like [Zarr](../zarr/intro.qmd) should be considered. If HDF5/NetCDF-4 formats _are_ a requirement, consider zarr-readable chunk indexes such as [kerchunk](../kerchunk/intro.qmd) and [VirtualiZarr](https://virtualizarr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). ::: {.callout-note} You can skip the background and details by jumping to the [checklist](#cloud-optimized-hdfnetcdf-checklist).