# Pptransfer and postproc exceeding time limit **URL:** \ **Category:** Unified Model\ **Tags:** ARCHER2\ **Created:** [3 November 2021 10:59 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/pptransfer-and-postproc-exceeding-time-limit/289 "2021-11-03T10:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lmarshall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@lmarshall](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/lmarshall)\ **Post date:** [3 November 2021 10:59 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/pptransfer-and-postproc-exceeding-time-limit/289/1 "2021-11-03T10:59:55Z")
Hello, I’m trying to run a suite on ARCHER2 (u-cf771) but the pptransfer and postproc\_atmos tasks frequently exceed the time limit and fail. Could you advise on the best settings? Does it matter whether the fcm\_make2\_pptransfer task inherits PPBUILD or PPTRANSFER? Thank you very much for your help, Lauren ---
**Author:** ![RosalynHatcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/rosalynhatcher/32/11_2.png) [@RosalynHatcher](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/RosalynHatcher)\ **Post date:** [3 November 2021 15:12 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/pptransfer-and-postproc-exceeding-time-limit/289/2 "2021-11-03T15:12:37Z")
Hi Lauren, Setting the time limits for `pptransfer` and `postproc` tasks varies depending on resolution, cycling frequency, etc, so it’s a bit trial and error. You only have a time limit of 30minutes set currently so I would up that to 3hours initially and see if that works better. That’s in `[[HPC_SERIAL]]` section in the `site/archer2.rc` I think if I’ve followed the inheritance through properly. The inheritance for the `fcm_make2_pptransfer` task is fine. Regards, Ros. ---
**Author:** ![RosalynHatcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/rosalynhatcher/32/11_2.png) [@RosalynHatcher](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/u/RosalynHatcher)\ **Post date:** [4 January 2022 08:51 UTC](https://cms-helpdesk.ncas.ac.uk/t/pptransfer-and-postproc-exceeding-time-limit/289/3 "2022-01-04T08:51:15Z")