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[IDV #RWT-515493]: arbitrary size limit?

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  • Subject: [IDV #RWT-515493]: arbitrary size limit?
  • Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:58:02 -0600
> Full Name: Brian Mapes
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: U of Miami
> Package Version: 4.1u1 build date:2013-10-23 07:05 UTC
> Operating System: Mac OS X
> Hardware: Java: home: 
> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: 
> 1.6.0_65 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> Description of problem: Error writing local netcdf file.
> Data:dods://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/ds629.2/0/best
> Variables:[Potential_vorticity_isobaric]
> Variable starting pos=3774977948 may not exceed 2147483647
> 
> I can't save a full .zidv because of this. Thanks!
> 

Brian,
    In general, the limit of the size for a regular nc file is 2G. If you 
really need to save a 4G data, we need to implement a new api to call different 
netCDF java function. 


Yuan
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Variable starting pos=3774977948 may not 
> exceed 2147483647
> at ucar.nc2.iosp.netcdf3.N3header.writeHeader(N3header.java:679)
> at ucar.nc2.iosp.netcdf3.N3header.create(N3header.java:603)
> at ucar.nc2.iosp.netcdf3.N3iosp.create(N3iosp.java:656)
> at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFileWriter.create(NetcdfFileWriter.java:671)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.NetcdfCFWriter.makeOrTestSize(NetcdfCFWriter.java:308)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.NetcdfCFWriter.makeFile(NetcdfCFWriter.java:195)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.NetcdfCFWriter.makeFile(NetcdfCFWriter.java:177)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.writeNc(GeoGridDataSource.java:911)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.saveDataToLocalDisk(GeoGridDataSource.java:871)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.saveDataToLocalDisk(DataSourceImpl.java:2761)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.showDataEmbedGui(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2316)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.doSave(IdvPersistenceManager.java:1307)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.doSave(IdvPersistenceManager.java:1204)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.doSaveAs(IdvPersistenceManager.java:686)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$10.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2743)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1251)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: RWT-515493
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed