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The best way to distribute large scientific datasets is via the Cloud, in [Cloud-Optimized formats](https://guide.cloudnativegeo.org/) [^1]. But often this data is stuck in legacy pre-Cloud file formats such as netCDF.

**VirtualiZarr makes it easy to create "Virtual" Zarr stores, allowing performant access to legacy data as if it were in the Cloud-Optimized [Zarr format](https://zarr.dev/), _without duplicating any data_.**
**VirtualiZarr[^2] makes it easy to create "Virtual" Zarr stores, allowing performant access to legacy data as if it were in the Cloud-Optimized [Zarr format](https://zarr.dev/), _without duplicating any data_.**

Please see the [documentation](https://virtualizarr.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html).

[^1]: [_Cloud-Native Repositories for Big Scientific Data_, Abernathey et. al., _Computing in Science & Engineering_.](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9354557)

[^2]: (Pronounced like "virtualizer" but more piratey 🦜)

### Features

* Create virtual references pointing to bytes inside a legacy file with [`open_virtual_dataset`](https://virtualizarr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#opening-files-as-virtual-datasets),
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### VirtualiZarr vs Kerchunk?

VirtualiZarr (pronounced like "virtualizer" but more piratey) grew out of [discussions](https://github.com/fsspec/kerchunk/issues/377) on the [kerchunk repository](https://github.com/fsspec/kerchunk), and is an attempt to provide the game-changing power of kerchunk in a zarr-native way, and with a familiar array-like API.
VirtualiZarr grew out of [discussions](https://github.com/fsspec/kerchunk/issues/377) on the [kerchunk repository](https://github.com/fsspec/kerchunk), and is an attempt to provide the game-changing power of kerchunk in a zarr-native way, and with a familiar array-like API.

You now have a choice between using VirtualiZarr and Kerchunk: VirtualiZarr provides [almost all the same features](https://virtualizarr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#how-do-virtualizarr-and-kerchunk-compare) as Kerchunk.

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