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Give access to some TiledStMan functions. More...
#include <TiledStManAccessor.h>
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ROTiledStManAccessor () | |
Default constructor should be used with care. More... | |
ROTiledStManAccessor (const Table &table, const String &name, Bool byColumn=False) | |
Construct the object for a data manager in the table given the name of the data manager or the column. More... | |
virtual | ~ROTiledStManAccessor () |
ROTiledStManAccessor (const ROTiledStManAccessor &that) | |
Copy constructor (reference semantics). More... | |
ROTiledStManAccessor & | operator= (const ROTiledStManAccessor &that) |
Assignment (reference semantics). More... | |
void | setMaximumCacheSize (uInt nMiB) |
Set the maximum cache size (in MibiByte) to be used by a hypercube in the storage manager. More... | |
uInt | maximumCacheSize () const |
Get the maximum cache size (in MiB). More... | |
uInt | cacheSize (rownr_t rownr) const |
Get the current cache size (in buckets) for the hypercube in the given row. More... | |
const IPosition & | hypercubeShape (rownr_t rownr) const |
Get the hypercube shape of the data in the given row. More... | |
const IPosition & | tileShape (rownr_t rownr) const |
Get the tile shape of the data in the given row. More... | |
uInt | bucketSize (rownr_t rownr) const |
Get the bucket size (in bytes) of the hypercube in the given row. More... | |
const Record & | valueRecord (rownr_t rownr) const |
Get coordinate and id values of the hypercube in the given row. More... | |
uInt | nhypercubes () const |
Return the number of hypercubes. More... | |
uInt | getCacheSize (uInt hypercube) const |
Get the current cache size (in buckets) for the given hypercube. More... | |
const IPosition & | getHypercubeShape (uInt hypercube) const |
Get the shape of the given hypercube. More... | |
const IPosition & | getTileShape (uInt hypercube) const |
Get the tile shape of the given hypercube. More... | |
uInt | getBucketSize (uInt hypercube) const |
Get the bucket size (in bytes) of the given hypercube. More... | |
const Record & | getValueRecord (uInt hypercube) const |
Get coordinate and id values of the given hypercube. More... | |
uInt | calcCacheSize (rownr_t rownr, const IPosition &sliceShape, const IPosition &axisPath) const |
Calculate the cache size (in buckets) for accessing the hypercube containing the given row. More... | |
uInt | calcCacheSize (rownr_t rownr, const IPosition &sliceShape, const IPosition &windowStart, const IPosition &windowLength, const IPosition &axisPath) const |
void | setCacheSize (rownr_t rownr, const IPosition &sliceShape, const IPosition &axisPath, Bool forceSmaller=True) |
Set the cache size using the corresponding calcCacheSize function mentioned above. More... | |
void | setCacheSize (rownr_t rownr, const IPosition &sliceShape, const IPosition &windowStart, const IPosition &windowLength, const IPosition &axisPath, Bool forceSmaller=True) |
void | setCacheSize (rownr_t rownr, uInt nbuckets, Bool forceSmaller=True) |
Set the cache size for accessing the hypercube containing the given row. More... | |
void | setHypercubeCacheSize (uInt hypercube, uInt nbuckets, Bool forceSmaller=True) |
This version allows setting the tile cache for a particular hypercube. More... | |
void | clearCaches () |
Clear the caches used by the hypercubes in this storage manager. More... | |
Public Member Functions inherited from casacore::RODataManAccessor | |
RODataManAccessor () | |
Construct an empty object. More... | |
RODataManAccessor (const Table &table, const String &name, Bool byColumn) | |
Construct the accessor object for a data manager in the table. More... | |
virtual | ~RODataManAccessor () |
void | setProperties (const Record &) const |
Set data manager properties using the fields in the record. More... | |
Record | getProperties () const |
Get data manager properties as a record. More... | |
String | dataManagerType () const |
Get the data manager type. More... | |
String | dataManagerName () const |
Get the data manager name. More... | |
uInt | dataManagerSeqNr () const |
Get the data manager sequence nr. More... | |
void | showCacheStatistics (ostream &os) const |
Show IO statistics. More... | |
Protected Member Functions | |
DataManager * | getDataManager () const |
Get the data manager. More... | |
Protected Member Functions inherited from casacore::RODataManAccessor | |
DataManager * | baseDataManager () const |
Get the data manager for the given data manager or column name. More... | |
Private Attributes | |
TiledStMan * | dataManPtr_p |
Give access to some TiledStMan functions.
Internal
The Table system has one or more storage managers underneath. These storage managers are invisible and there is no way to get access to them. However, the TiledStMan -type storage managers are quite specific. This class ROTiledStManAccessor gives the user the means to access a TiledStMan-type object and to control it in some way.
The actions that can be performed deal with the caches used in a tiled storage manager. Per hypercube a cache is used to keep as many tiles in memory as needed for efficient access to the data. The cache size needed is calculated automatically. However, it may be possible that a cache uses too much memory. Therefore a maximum cache size can be specified, which can be done in 2 ways:
It is recommended to set the maximum cache size only when the tiled storage manager may use too much memory. Setting a maximum could have the effect that the optimal number of tiles does not fit in memory leading to excessive read/write activity.
For example:
A hypercube has shape [12,20,30,42] and tile shape [4,5,6,7]. The hypercube contains doubles, so the tilesize is 6720 bytes. The number of tiles per dimension is [3,4,5,6] resulting in 360 tiles. Iterating through that hypercube requires that some tiles are kept in memory to avoid too many read operations. When iterating like
it is clear that it is best to have a cache which can contain at least 3*4*5 tiles. In that way each tile is read only once resulting in 360 reads.
When the cache can hold 3*4 tiles, the first tiles of the 3rd dimension have been flushed out when the second step in the 4th dimension gets executed. So the tiles have to be reread for each step in the 4th dimension, resulting in 3*4*5*42 = 2520 reads.
When the cache can hold only one tile, the situation is dramatic. A tile has to be read for every 4 pixels, resulting in 75600 reads.
Apart from setting the maximum cache size, one can also clear the caches. This can be useful to free memory when an iteration through the data in the tiled storage manager has been done completely. Clearing the caches also clears their statistics (see below).
Showing the statistics of the caches used by a tiled storage manager is possible. Per cache it shows the number of tiles accessed and the number of tiles actually read, written, or initialized. The hit ratio gives a good idea of the cache behaviour.
Note that the maximum cache size is not an absolute maximum. When the optimal number of tiles do not fit, it is tried if they fit when using an overdrawn of maximum 10%. If so, it uses that overdrawn. If not, it uses the maximum cache size.
A few functions exist to get information about a hypercube. The 'get' functions get the information for the given hypercube, while similar functions without the 'get' prefix do the same for the given row.
In principle a pointer to TiledStMan could be used. However, that would give access to all public functions. Furthermore it could not distinguish between read/write and readonly tables.
This example shows how to set the maximum cache size for the tiled storage manager with the name "TSMExample". The cache size is not persistent, i.e. when the same table is reopened at a later time, this cache size is not remembered.
Definition at line 156 of file TiledStManAccessor.h.
casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::ROTiledStManAccessor | ( | ) |
Default constructor should be used with care.
The resulting object cannot be used for any other operation until a 'true' ROTiledStManAccessor object is assigned to it.
casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::ROTiledStManAccessor | ( | const Table & | table, |
const String & | name, | ||
Bool | byColumn = False |
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Construct the object for a data manager in the table given the name of the data manager or the column.
An exception is thrown if the data manager type is not any tiled storage manager.
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casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::ROTiledStManAccessor | ( | const ROTiledStManAccessor & | that | ) |
Copy constructor (reference semantics).
Get the bucket size (in bytes) of the hypercube in the given row.
Get the current cache size (in buckets) for the hypercube in the given row.
uInt casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::calcCacheSize | ( | rownr_t | rownr, |
const IPosition & | sliceShape, | ||
const IPosition & | axisPath | ||
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Calculate the cache size (in buckets) for accessing the hypercube containing the given row.
It takes the maximum cache size into account (allowing an overdraft of 10%). It uses the given axisPath (i.e. traversal order) to determine the optimum size. A window can be specified to indicate that only the given subset of the hypercube will be accessed. The window defaults to the entire hypercube.
The length of the slice and window arguments and axisPath
must be less or equal to the dimensionality of the hypercube. The non-specified windowStart
parts default to 0. The non-specified windowLength
parts default to the hypercube shape. The non-specified sliceShape
parts default to 1.
Axispath = [2,0,1] indicates that the z-axis changes most rapidly, thereafter x and y. An axis can occur only once in the axisPath. The non-specified axisPath
parts get the natural order. E.g. in the previous example axisPath=[2] defines the same path.
uInt casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::calcCacheSize | ( | rownr_t | rownr, |
const IPosition & | sliceShape, | ||
const IPosition & | windowStart, | ||
const IPosition & | windowLength, | ||
const IPosition & | axisPath | ||
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void casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::clearCaches | ( | ) |
Clear the caches used by the hypercubes in this storage manager.
It will flush the caches as needed and remove all buckets from them resulting in a possibly large drop in memory used.
Get the bucket size (in bytes) of the given hypercube.
Get the current cache size (in buckets) for the given hypercube.
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Get the data manager.
Get the shape of the given hypercube.
Get the tile shape of the given hypercube.
Get coordinate and id values of the given hypercube.
Get the hypercube shape of the data in the given row.
uInt casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::maximumCacheSize | ( | ) | const |
Get the maximum cache size (in MiB).
uInt casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::nhypercubes | ( | ) | const |
Return the number of hypercubes.
ROTiledStManAccessor& casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::operator= | ( | const ROTiledStManAccessor & | that | ) |
Assignment (reference semantics).
void casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::setCacheSize | ( | rownr_t | rownr, |
const IPosition & | sliceShape, | ||
const IPosition & | axisPath, | ||
Bool | forceSmaller = True |
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Set the cache size using the corresponding calcCacheSize
function mentioned above.
When forceSmaller is False, the cache is not resized when the new size is smaller.
void casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::setCacheSize | ( | rownr_t | rownr, |
const IPosition & | sliceShape, | ||
const IPosition & | windowStart, | ||
const IPosition & | windowLength, | ||
const IPosition & | axisPath, | ||
Bool | forceSmaller = True |
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void casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::setCacheSize | ( | rownr_t | rownr, |
uInt | nbuckets, | ||
Bool | forceSmaller = True |
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Set the cache size for accessing the hypercube containing the given row.
When the give cache size exceeds the maximum cache size with more than 10%, the maximum cache size is used instead.
When forceSmaller is False, the cache is not resized when the new size is smaller.
void casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::setHypercubeCacheSize | ( | uInt | hypercube, |
uInt | nbuckets, | ||
Bool | forceSmaller = True |
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This version allows setting the tile cache for a particular hypercube.
This is useful when iterating over the hypercubes in an StMan.
void casacore::ROTiledStManAccessor::setMaximumCacheSize | ( | uInt | nMiB | ) |
Set the maximum cache size (in MibiByte) to be used by a hypercube in the storage manager.
Note that each hypercube has its own cache. 0 means unlimited. The initial maximum cache size is unlimited. The maximum cache size given in this way is not persistent. Only the maximum cache size given to the constructors of the tiled storage managers, is persistent.
Get the tile shape of the data in the given row.
Get coordinate and id values of the hypercube in the given row.
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Definition at line 292 of file TiledStManAccessor.h.