Arlindo da Silva: Re: 951212: netcdf filesize on Alpha

> Subject: 19951211 File too large on DEC/Alpha
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199512120224.AA07405

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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.


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