<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all users</div><div><br></div><div>How do users go about this issue of frames_per_outfile? I am doing 5years simulations for 3 different cases. The interval_seconds =21600(6hours). </div><div>That means each case there will be 7300files*3=22000files(total files).</div><div>I read somewhere that max space for frames_per_outputfile=2GB. I guess if the 5years run is complete the total disk space will be 20T which the cluster am using has .</div><div>I don&#39;t want to have many files; If possible all files in one big file BUT I am afraid doing this will make model stop giving output due to insufficient memory. </div><div><br></div><div>Can someone help me how to go about this!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>&amp;time_control<br> !run_days                            = 0,<br> !run_hours                           = 96,<br> !run_minutes                         = 0,<br> !run_seconds                         = 0,<br> start_year                          = 1997,<br> start_month                         = 02,<br> start_day                           = 01,<br> start_hour                          = 00,<br> start_minute                        = 00,<br> start_second                        = 00,<br> end_year                            = 2006,<br> end_month                           = 12,<br> end_day                             = 31,<br> end_hour                            = 00,<br> end_minute                          = 00,<br> end_second                          = 00<br> interval_seconds                    = 21600<br> input_from_file                     = .false.,<br> history_interval                    = 180,<br> frames_per_outfile                  = 100,<br> restart                             = .false.,<br> restart_interval                    = 1440,<br> io_form_history                     = 2<br> io_form_restart                     = 2<br> io_form_input                       = 2<br> io_form_boundary                    = 2<br> debug_level                         = 100<br> auxinput4_inname                    = &quot;wrflowinp_d&lt;domain&gt;&quot;<br> auxinput4_interval                  = 360,<br> io_form_auxinput4                   = 2,</div><div>  /</div><div> &amp;domains<br> time_step                           = 200,<br> time_step_fract_num                 = 0,<br> time_step_fract_den                 = 1,<br> max_dom                             = 1,<br> e_we                                = 250,<br> e_sn                                = 150,<br> e_vert                              = 51,<br> p_top_requested                     = 5000,<br> num_metgrid_levels                  = 38,<br> num_metgrid_soil_levels             = 4,<br> dx                                  = 36000, 12000,  3333.33,<br> dy                                  = 36000, 12000,  3333.33,<br> grid_id                             = 1,<br> parent_id                           = 0,<br> i_parent_start                      = 1,<br> j_parent_start                      = 1,<br> parent_grid_ratio                   = 1,<br> parent_time_step_ratio              = 1,<br> feedback                            = 1,<br> smooth_option                       = 0,<br>  /</div><div> &amp;physics<br> mp_physics                          = 6,<br> ra_lw_physics                       = 4,<br> ra_sw_physics                       = 4,<br> radt                                = 30,<br> sf_sfclay_physics                   = 1,<br> sf_surface_physics                  = 2,<br> bl_pbl_physics                      = 1,<br> bldt                                = 0,<br> cu_physics                          = 1,<br> cudt                                = 5,<br> kfeta_trigger                       = 1,<br> cu_rad_feedback                     = .true.,<br> isfflx                              = 1,<br> sst_update                          = 1,<br> tmn_update                          = 1,<br> sst_skin                            = 1,<br> bucket_mm                           = 100.0,<br> bucket_J                            = 1.e9,<br> ifsnow                              = 1,<br> icloud                              = 1,<br> surface_input_source                = 1,<br> num_soil_layers                     = 4,<br> sf_urban_physics                    = 0,<br>  /</div><div> &amp;fdda<br> grid_fdda = 2,<br> gfdda_inname = &quot;wrffdda_d&lt;domain&gt;&quot;,<br> gfdda_interval_m = 360,<br> gfdda_end_h = 52560,<br> io_form_gfdda = 2,<br> fgdt = 0,<br> if_no_pbl_nudging_uv = 1,<br> if_no_pbl_nudging_t = 1,<br> if_no_pbl_nudging_q = 1,<br> if_no_pbl_nudging_ph = 1,<br> if_zfac_uv = 1,<br> k_zfac_uv = 18,<br> if_zfac_t = 1,<br> k_zfac_t = 18,<br> if_zfac_q = 1,<br> k_zfac_q = 18,<br> if_zfac_ph = 1,<br> k_zfac_ph = 18,<br> guv = 0.0003,<br> gt = 0.0003,<br> gq = 0.0003,<br> gph = 0.0003,<br> xwavenum = 9,<br> ywavenum = 5,<br> if_ramping = 0,<br> dtramp_min = 60.0,<br>  /</div><div> &amp;dynamics<br> w_damping                           = 1,<br> diff_opt                            = 1,      1,      1,<br> km_opt                              = 4,      4,      4,<br> diff_6th_opt                        = 0,      0,      0,<br> diff_6th_factor                     = 0.12,   0.12,   0.12,<br> base_temp                           = 290.<br> damp_opt                            = 3,<br> zdamp                               = 5000.,  5000.,  5000.,<br> dampcoef                            = 0.2,    0.2,    0.2<br> khdif                               = 0,      0,      0,<br> kvdif                               = 0,      0,      0,<br> non_hydrostatic                     = .true., .true., .true.,<br> moist_adv_opt                       = 1,      1,      1,<br> scalar_adv_opt                      = 1,      1,      1,<br> /</div><div> &amp;bdy_control<br> spec_bdy_width                      = 10,<br> spec_zone                           = 1,<br> relax_zone                          = 9,<br> specified                           = .true., .false.,.false.,<br> nested                              = .false., .true., .true.,<br> spec_exp                            = 0.33,<br> /</div><div> &amp;grib2<br> /</div><div> &amp;namelist_quilt<br> nio_tasks_per_group = 0,<br> nio_groups = 1,<br> /</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks afwande<br>                                                                                                         1</div><div><br></div></div>