[FLASH-USERS] How to generate big checkpoint files in FLASH

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2016, Zheng Yuan wrote:

> Thanks Klaus! I will use 3D instead of 2D. Someone also suggested that larger
> values of lrefine_min & lrefine_max results in larger checkpoint file sizes. I
> will use 3D & larger Irefine_min&max, while keeping nxb*nyb*nzb = 8*8*8.

If it is part of your goals to test your compression algorithm in 
realistic situations, I suggest nxb*nyb*nzb = 16*16*16 should be 
considered more typical (for large simulations that produce large files).

Klaus