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In a previous message to me, you wrote: >Pete, > >I mentioned the .status file since an SSEC user had a similar problem >with the grid #3 data going to XCD where the pattern did not prevent >that ascii inventory from getting to their decoder. Yep, I'm in contact with Jerry and Steve Wanzong down there, also trying to figure this all out. > >The performance issue of decoding higher resolution data is valid >(as is decoding the same data at multiple resolutions). I am now running into some slowdown issues even on my faster machine when decoding grib2 to gempak. I do have everything running on a single SATA raid10 array, which may be slowing things down some. I am hoping in the next day or two to throw in a SCSI drive to hold the ldm queue to keep it separate I/O wise from the saved and decoded data. Also, I'm running the dcgrib2 decoder from GEMPAK version 5.8.2. Have there been speedups/optimizaitons in newer versions that might cut down on the speed of GRIB2 decoding? Maybe if I compile locally with optimizations turned on or something? I have not yet had a chance to look at the .status files issue or to compare my files with yours. That's hopefully this afternoon. >As always, please feel free to contact me with problems you might be >encountering with the data stream and/or software since these are >the problems that will affect many others as well. Ok, I definitely will. This is becoming more urgent with the potential cutover to only GRIB2 both at NCEP and on the IDD (well, the same thing really :) Thanks, Pete -- +>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+ ^ Pete Pokrandt V 1447 AOSS Bldg 1225 W Dayton St^ ^ Systems Programmer V Madison, WI 53706 ^ ^ V address@hidden ^ ^ Dept of Atmos & Oceanic Sciences V (608) 262-3086 (Phone/voicemail) ^ ^ University of Wisconsin-Madison V 262-0166 (Fax) ^ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<+>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+