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W0MKE (Mike in Minn) Send message Joined: 14 Jul 00 Posts: 2 Credit: 251,247 RAC: 0 |
I just switched over to BOINC and I get a few work units downloaded, sparatically.... my PCs work on them... then I never see any credits under the project tab, so I am assuming that they never got uploaded.... plus I get messages like the following: SETI@home - 2004-07-19 15:19:43 - Scheduler RPC to http://setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded SETI@home - 2004-07-19 15:19:43 - Message from server: No work available --- - 2004-07-19 15:19:43 - General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2004-07-19 13:14:24) --- - 2004-07-19 15:19:43 - General prefs: using your defaults SETI@home - 2004-07-19 15:19:43 - No work from project SETI@home - 2004-07-19 15:19:43 - Deferring communication with project for 1 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds the other system worked more or less consistently.... well this one does too, just consistently poorly..... am I alone in this or are others having problems too?? |
Thierry Van Driessche Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3083 Credit: 150,096 RAC: 0 |
No WU's to download is a temporary problem. The S@H/Boinc system is not working on a base of processed WU's but on a base of credits. To get credits, your claimed credits must be compared to the claimed credits of 2 other PC's. As long the are no 2 other claimed credits for the same WU, credits cannot be granted. There is also a deadline of reporting of 14 days for each WU. In normal condition, credits are awarded between some 5 to 10 days, depending on the speed of processing of the 2 other PC's. To have some more explanation about credits calculation you can have a look here. Greetings from Belgium. |
W0MKE (Mike in Minn) Send message Joined: 14 Jul 00 Posts: 2 Credit: 251,247 RAC: 0 |
Well that's interesting. I thought the issue might be along those lines. So what happens if 2 PCs don't return the same WU I returned? Do I not receive any 'credits' for it? I guess I just need to have more patience about this new way of doing things. *sigh* Mike |
Thierry Van Driessche Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3083 Credit: 150,096 RAC: 0 |
> Well that's interesting. I thought the issue might be along those lines. So > what happens if 2 PCs don't return the same WU I returned? Do I not receive > any 'credits' for it? > > I guess I just need to have more patience about this new way of doing things. If this would be the case, which is quite unlikely, the same WU will be send out after the reported deadline to 2 other PC's. |
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