[hdf-forum] Recover a corrupt HDF5 file

[Quincey Koziol]

Hi Ottmar,

On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Ottmar Buennemeyer wrote:

> Hello HDF5 group,
>
> We have a serious problem with one of our HDF5 Files.
> During a write access a program crash results in a damaged HDF5 file.
>
> The HDF5 file has 40GB in size (family format).
> After the crash the file size is unchanged but no entry in the file  
> is possible anymore.
>
> What can we do to recover a working file with the contained data?

	We can do some custom data recovery work for you, possibly, but  
generally speaking, this situation is not currently recoverable.  We  
_are_ working on a method of allowing HDF5 files to be journaled,  
which will avoid this sort of problem, but it's not ready for public  
release yet.

	Quincey


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