John-
On 5/5/12 4:56 PM, John Caron wrote:
We have someone working on trying to reproduce this problem. If we can
reproduce it, we can fix it. Any help doing that would be appreciated.
Since I'm the one who updates the dataset, here's what happens. The SST
datasets consist of yearly files which we are trying to aggregate into
one dataset. The latest file (or files depending if we are crossing a
year boundary) is updated on a daily basis and the last 14 days of data
are overwritten and a new timestep (day) is added. We do more than just
add a timestep because the last 14 days of data are preliminary and
subject to updates. The file(s) being updated are then synced out to the
filesystem that TDS looks at.
Hoop has said he would provide any catalog/configuration information you
require. If it would speed up the process, perhaps someone from Unidata
could drive across town and visit NOAA.
Don
On 5/4/2012 5:41 PM, Roy Mendelssohn wrote:
Hi All:
I have been corresponding with Hoop off list, because the datasets he
is having problems serving are important to NOAA, and getting them
served properly is important. His problem is:
On 05/02/2012 04:28 PM, Hoop wrote:
All,
This is my latest in a now monthly series of requests for help with
doing aggregations with our TDS. The problem I first reported back
on 23 February, wherein aggregations don't notice time steps added
to the final file in the time series, is unresolved.. Since I last
wrote (4 April), we upgraded to 4.2.10. There was no effect that we
could discern. Whether we use NcML or FeatureCollection, new time
steps in the final file go unnoticed until Tomcat is restarted.
Fabulously, if a new file is added without restarting Tomcat, the
initial time steps in the new final file are added to the aggregation,
leaving a gap where the time steps added to the previous "final" file
since the last Tomcat restart should be. This leads to complaints of
the aggregation not being CF-compliant, since it appears to have
uneven spacing in time.
Interestingly, doing the aggregation in RAMADDA works as we would
expect, since it is frequently rebuilding the aggregation. So, while
it is perhaps less efficient than TDS, at least it is reliable.
-Hoop
I just checked with my group, and we have several aggregated datasets
that work this way. We have tons of datasets where each file is a new
time period, and they get updated just fine. But the ones where we are
aggregating over files with multiple time periods, and one of those
files is being updated with new data, the aggregation only gets
updated by restarting tomcat. This has not been a major issue because
our datasets are updated monthly, so we do it once and all is good.
But if we were updating regularly, this would be a major issue, as it
appears to be for Hoop's group. Mainly I am writing for three reasons:
1. This problem is not isolated to Hoop's group or how they are setup.
2. If anyone has this kind of aggregation updating successfully, can
they point to the URL, post the catalog.xml and threddsConfig.xml, and
perhaps sample files so we can test it and see what is different.
3. If successful examples can't be found that we can build on, is
there anyway this can elevated in importance at Unidata? I know there
is a lot being worked on, and priorities need to be set, but if a
solution can't be found given the present code base, it strikes me as
a serious bug.
Thanks
-Roy
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