MDSplus for input/output?

[bendudson]

Could MDSplus or similar be used for archiving of simulation inputs, including physics source code, BOUT.inp settings, mesh file contents? Ideally some summary of the result e.g. fluctuation level, average profiles and some artificial diagnostics could be calculated and stored. The full dataset would then be stored somewhere else (or not).

This would make it easier to later repeat or adjust simulations, and compare previously run simulations.

Some work was started on this a long time ago (see tools/archiving/mdsplus), but not completed.

Worthwhile investment of time?