franksingleton
Well-Known Member
XyGrib has issued the following note. Although only easily available on laptops, XyGrib is an excellent service. One of, if not the, best.
Dear XyGrib user,
All users should feel the improved performance.Please share with others.
Dear XyGrib user,
The problem
The Grib server for internal downloads by the XyGrib client has recently been suffering from frequent overload. Happily, part of the demand now comes from the sailing community, which is now increasingly using Starlink. However, most of the overload is due to endemic data harvesting by unknown users, primarily in Russia, who use scripts to bulk download. Blacklisting IPs helps somewhat, but it's still a cat-and-mouse game.The new improvements
The original cloud-based server continues to function as the web interface for the openGribs.org website and for the Grib server. The data tasks of creating subsets and packing the user Gribs (CPU-hungry processes) are now running separately on a second, more powerful server.All users should feel the improved performance.Please share with others.