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> Subject: 19951211 File too large on DEC/Alpha >Organization: . >Keywords: 199512120224.AA07405 ------- Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:03:16 -0500 From: Arlindo da Silva <address@hidden> To: address@hidden (Russ Rew) Subject: Re: 951212: netcdf filesize on Alpha Dear Russ, > > I can't reproduce this problem. The limit on the size of netCDF files is > supposed to be determined by the size of byte offsets for locations in the > file. These are currently signed 32-bit integers, so that should permit a 2 > Gbyte netCDF file. I've just created a 600 Mbyte netCDF file on a DEC Alpha > running Digital Unix 3.2C. The file was on a remotely mounted file system, > but I don't think that should make any difference. > > I created the 600 Mbyte file by using "ncgen -b big.cdl" on the following > file, named "big.cdl": > Thank you for your answer. I also don't seem able to reproduce the problem. It appears to be a side effect of something else going on in my model. I have a very interesting debugging to do: the problem only manisfests itself after 3 days of wall-clock running time. Thanks again for your time. Arlindo. - -- *----------------------------------------------------------------------* | | | ^|^ ARLINDO MORAES DA SILVA, JR. | | | Data Assimilation Office, Code 910.3 | | _|_ NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | | @ ___|___|__ Greenbelt, MD 20771 | | _|_|__________|_______/ | | \ o o o o o o o / Office: (301) 805-7959 | | \_______________/ FAX: (301) 805-7960 | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | E-mail: address@hidden Home: (301) 754-1121 | | | *----------------------------------------------------------------------* ------- End of Forwarded Message