[MITgcm-support] ADWRITE package error "tapeFileCounter > tapeMaxCounter"

[Matthew Mazloff]

Hi Dan

Maybe you are running BLING....

If so, yeah, you need:
MDSIO_BUFF_WH.h:      PARAMETER (nWh=60*Nr)

-Matt


> On May 29, 2018, at 10:12 PM, Dan Jones <dcjones.work at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply. Increasing nWh solved the issue. 
> 
> First, I increased nchklev_1 = 2000 (!), so nchklev_2 = nchklev_3 = 3. This increased the memory footprint estimate returned by the 'size' command to 58.5 G. I am running on ARCHER, which has 64 G per node, so that may or may not work. In any case I can experiment and try lower values of nckklev_1 if needed.
> 
> I uncommented the last two lines of the ARCHER build options file (tools/build_options/  linux_ia64_cray_archer), that is,
> 
> FFLAGS='-h pic -dynamic'
> CFLAGS='-h pic -dynamic'
> 
> which allows for larger executables. However, that alone did not solve the issue. 
> 
> Next, I increased nWh=60*Nr in MDSIO_BUFF_WH.h as you suggested. As I mentioned, that solved the issue. I have been able to finish a small successful test run. If I run into memory issues during my full simulations, I will (1) try smaller values of ncklev_1 and/or (2) try smaller values of nWh.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Best,
> Dan
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