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Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
Last night the workunit storage server acted up again. I attempted to reconfigure it at midnight last night, but then it reset itself an hour later, and again every hour since. So whatever the problem is, it's gotten worse. Jeff and I did some diagnosing during the regular weekly database backup outage today. The reigning theory is still a faulty faceplate sending erroneous resets to the motherboard. So as it stands now the server is running without its faceplate (and therefore no control panel - which makes powering on quite difficult)! And so far no resets. If this stays stable for a week I think we'll have nailed the problem. Meanwhile the kind folks at Adaptec already have a complete replacement at the ready if we need it - we might just need to replace the faceplate. No other real big shakes about today's outage. I added more machines to the new kvm (which meant being able to pull more cables out of the closet) and we added a new field to the workunit table in the BOINC database - so far that hasn't broken anything as far as we can tell. The beta uploads are failing again, but hopefully that will clear up on its own like last time (I'd still like an explanation, however). Happy April Fools, by the way! - Matt -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude |
DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1066 Credit: 1,226,053 RAC: 2 |
That doesn't explain why the upload/download/scheduler server is disabled. I got assigned some work units yesterday, but it hasn't been able to download the data files for them yet. upload/download server bruno Disabled scheduler bruno Disabled |
AndyW Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5862 Credit: 10,957,677 RAC: 18 |
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Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
You're right - that doesn't explain it, because the server status page hardly reflected reality (i.e. which servers are doing what). I just made some updates. Check it out. - Matt That doesn't explain why the upload/download/scheduler server is disabled. I got assigned some work units yesterday, but it hasn't been able to download the data files for them yet. -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude |
Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for the Update Again Matt - You & the Others @ Berkeley are doing a Fine Job and it is Indeed Appreciated . . .More than You'll Most likely ever know . . . BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . |
DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1066 Credit: 1,226,053 RAC: 2 |
You're right - that doesn't explain it, because the server status page hardly reflected reality (i.e. which servers are doing what). I just made some updates. Check it out. The data file downloads just went through. Thanks for looking at it. |
Sharkbait Send message Joined: 2 Jun 99 Posts: 11 Credit: 6,333,145 RAC: 0 |
If the data at the following link is correct : http://bluenorthernsoftware.com/scarecrow/sahstats/users.html Congratulations on 800,000 users! Excellent job Seti team! |
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