R help - Nov 2012 - best HDF5 package: h5r or rhdf5?

What is the current best package for manipulating HDF5 data files?

I tried "hdf5" a long time ago, but I ran into memory problems.
"h5r" is on
CRAN now, and "rhdf5" is part of bioconductor.

Ideally, I'd like to read simple vectors or tables, either the entire thing
or a subset of rows. I don't need much writing support, but it would be
nice. Compression is a must, though.

Thanks,
Johann

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In my experience, I think h5r is more robust while it is directly
wrapped around the C library and
contains more functionality.

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Johann Hibschman <jhibschman at
gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the current best package for manipulating HDF5 data files?
>
> I tried "hdf5" a long time ago, but I ran into memory problems.
"h5r" is on
> CRAN now, and "rhdf5" is part of bioconductor.
>
> Ideally, I'd like to read simple vectors or tables, either the entire
thing
> or a subset of rows. I don't need much writing support, but it would be
> nice. Compression is a must, though.
>
> Thanks,
> Johann
>
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