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[Frank Bandle]

Hi Bob

we are running grads parallel on 2 Double XEON - machines. Results
are here  http://www.weather365.net.
These machines are fast enough to produce all maps in time and
parallel to all of our model runs.

And grads can get nasty to use ... yes  see comments of JP :-)


Dipl. Met. Frank Bandle
frank at bandle.com * FeMax Wetteragentur IT & Medienberatung
www.wetter365.net * www.femax.de



Am 18.09.2006 um 09:07 schrieb Jean Pierre Arabonis:

> Hi Bob
>     We use slackware Linux boxes (AMD 64 bit 3200MHz) but thats
> overkill for creating met charts, years ago I had grads on a 486
> 66MHz doing the job perfectly well.
>     Grads can get nasty to use if you do complex operations, but
> the basic usage of displaying variables and such like is on par
> with any other similar package, I would recommend that you install
> grads then run through the tutorial, once you've done that you'll
> be well on your feet for what you want to do.
>     You will also find the grads user list a very helpful community.
>
>     JP
>
>
>
> Bob G wrote:
>> I have a noob question regarding GrADs.
>>
>> For those using GrADS to ingest and export model data (charts)
>> what kind of machines/setup are you running? It is my ambition to
>> eventually offer some met products on our community site. GrADS
>> seems like a mighty steep learning curve, but is it really as
>> difficult as it looks.
>>
>> Hints and tips appreciated :)
>>
>> Bear in mind I have never used GrADS before so some of my
>> questions may seem rather simple!! Thank you.
>
> --
> Jean Pierre Arabonis
> arabonis at egs.uct.ac.za
> Tel 021 780 1021 cell 084 401 1365
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