openclimatefix / openclimatefix/nwp-consumer

Determine effectiveness of chunking schemes and zipping on data reading efficiency

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Description

Be interesting to have a benchmark on how much quicker/slower it is working with data in different chunking schemes and file layouts and schemes.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; first locate the code that reads NWP data and review how chunking, file layouts, and zipping are currently handled. Define representative benchmark cases and compare their data-reading speed, with the benchmark results documenting which schemes are faster or slower.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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