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[LDM #ISX-930596]: LDM slow writing to disk

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  • Subject: [LDM #ISX-930596]: LDM slow writing to disk
  • Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:42:24 -0600
Tony,

> Thank you for the feedback. We are using the STDIOFILE command for radar,
> which according to documentation should be more efficient than 'regular'
> FILE.
> # NEXRAD LEVII data for NOMADS
> NEXRAD2
> L2-BZIP2/([A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z])/([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9][0-5][0-9][0-5][0-9])
> STDIOFILE       -close
> /common/data/observations/radar/nexrad_level2/\1/\1_\2_\3.bz2

FILE might be more efficient than STDIOFILE in your case. Can you change the 
STDIOFILE actions to FILE, restart your LDM, and see if that makes a 
difference? (If it doesn't, you can always revert.)

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ISX-930596
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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