From 88ad022fa0914a95b6f15bc863700f5b79d7f7e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessica-mitchell Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:13:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update nestkernel/recording_device.h Co-authored-by: Dennis Terhorst --- nestkernel/recording_device.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/nestkernel/recording_device.h b/nestkernel/recording_device.h index a7ac679c47..f941f019d4 100644 --- a/nestkernel/recording_device.h +++ b/nestkernel/recording_device.h @@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ You can access the data recorded by the recorders with the ``events`` property. .. note:: The type of recording backend you choose may affect the efficiency of your simulation. - Increasingly larger simulations may benefit from the `ascii` or `sionlib` backend, as the `memory` - backend can become slow at larger scales. + The `memory` backend is ideal for interactive work, but can only be used for limited amount of data. Additionally, transferring data to disk later on may be slower than directly writing from the NEST kernel via `ascii` or `sionlib` backends. + + Large simulations with many threads may benefit from the `sionlib` backend, as the `ascii` backend opens many files which can be very time consuming on parallel file systems. The complete list of parameters and other recording backend options can be found in the :ref:`guide to recording from simulations `.