autosave and memory

- September 17, 2018 at 2:26 pm
  
  mariannebassil
  Subscriber
  
  For the 3D calculation, I did a simulation with autosave every 10 steps but it takes a lot of memory. Is there a way to avoid saving everything and therefore limit the storage capacity (specify variables or time steps to save)
- September 17, 2018 at 2:38 pm
  Karthik Remella
  Administrator
  Hello,
  
  You can do a couple of things:
  - Make sure you check the option where you are saving only the data file (case file will be saved only when it is altered).
  - You can click on Data Quantities (image from R19.1) and you can pick the variables you want to save.
  - You can also write your case and data files in .cas.gz and .dat.gz format. These are compressed case and data files and can potentially save space.
  I hope this helps.
  
  Best,
  
  Karthik