3.2 Creating Database and Tables

HPF uses a MySQL database as a storage option for HDF5 performance measurement results and system environment variables. The hdf5perf/hdf5perflib/lib/cpp/DB.sql file contains a set of SQL commands that create necessary tables.

Issuing a command like

  %mysql -u root -p < hdf5perf/hdf5perflib/lib/cpp/DB.sql 
  # Replace 'root' with your DB admin username
and entering your database password will create a new database called hdf5perfsimple and all 9 tables necessary for HPF under the new database.