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Hi,<br>

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  <pre wrap="">* Do elements written by rank i end up on rank i again when re-read?

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Yes<br>

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* Do the globalIds stay the same?  Or the localIds?  Or maybe even the

  indices?

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For the IDs Yes for the indices probably but that is not guaranteed. -

there was a suggestion<br>

on the semantics of backup/restore somewhere but I could not find it

any more....<br>

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Some insight would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Jö.

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