May 2014

==== Setting the spooldb_slots parameter ====

As of this date (Sun May 18 12:18:13 AST 2014) the Noaaport
data and file rates are, on average,

<code>
  data rate r = 1 MB/s = 60 MB/min
  file rate f = 2500 files/min
</code>

Let

<code>
  s = spoolsize in GB
</code>

then

<code>
  minutes = s*1000/60
  slots = minutes*2500
</code>

and

<code>
  minutes = slots/2500
  s = minutes*60/1000
</code>

Therefore, each 1 GB in the spool can hold about (1000/60) = 16.66 minutes
of data, which is about 16.66*2500 = 41650 files.

So, the recommendation is to set the spooldb slots parameter to 32768
for each GB of the spool. This in turn implies a retention time
of about 13 minutes.