[MITgcm-devel] netcdf on sx8

Jens-Olaf Beismann jbeismann at hpce.nec.com
Wed Dec 3 02:21:00 EST 2008


> we can close this thread; the problem is solved (although not to my 
> satisfaction). Apparently, creating a netcdf filie requires a 
> considerable amount of RAM, and I simply exceeded the maximum available 
> RAM for my test job. Increasing the limit from the default 8GB to the 
> limit of 32GB for this type of job fixes the problem. I don't see, why 
> so much memory is required for just creating a number of files, but 
> maybe Jens-Olaf will explain this to me over a beer ...

is that an invitation ? ;-)

Best,

Jens-Olaf
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