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Hi Lindsay: You can disable caching: variable.setCaching(false); then all reads go to disk. If you are using the unlimited dimension, then when you call netcdfFile.syncExtend(); any record variables will be updated to current recnum on the disk. Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VEH-254368 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed