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> Hello again, > > Sorry to be bothering you guys all the time. > No problem. > I am having trouble with using remote GFS data through the > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/georesources/idvcatalog.xml cataloge (IDV > catalog/Unidata IDD Model Data/NFS-ATM/Global Forecast System > Model/NCEP GFS Global 0.5 degree). > > After having added a few fields to be plotted, IDV loses it completely, > and starts generating an endless stream of "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError" > messages. This never happens using a locally stored GFS GRIB2 file for > plotting the same fields. > > I think I have narrowed it down to the "Always cache to disk" setting > for the data source (right-click/properties/properties), which I > thought meant that downloaded data would be cached the specified time, > allowing it to be reused for additional plots within the specified > delay time without having it to be downloaded again (?). Enabling the > "Always cache to disk" and setting the "Delay" number often leads to > the out of memory error (large "Delay" values), sometimes to other > interesting errors (small "Delay" errors). Disabling it and the errors > do not occur, it seems. > Can you send in a bundle that exhibits this behavior? If anything the cache-to-disk flag would reduce memory use but it might be buggy. -Jeff Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ESN-459441 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open