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Finished Tasks & Uploads?
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Steve Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 94 Credit: 68,888 RAC: 0 |
(this may not be Mac specific) Is it common for finished tasks to pile up to 3-5 before uploading? Tho I've noticed in the boinc client messages the "no work" and similar messages about the server possibly being down, the general order of business in task log otherwise has been d/l task, run, finish, upload, repeat. Update project has cleared them, but if I were to leave town for a while, would hate to have the scheduler reissue tasks already finished... (not so concerned at my current scale, but more powerful crunchers are on the way) |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
Let me quote John McLeod VII Reports happen at the first of: Gruß, Gundolf Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Is it common for finished tasks to pile up to 3-5 before uploading? Uploading or reporting? I ask, as uploading and reporting is a two step program. Uploading will happen immediately on a task being finished, as long as you gave BOINC network access. Reporting will happen after 24 hours, to try to get as many finished tasks in the report as possible. Uploading doesn't take (much) overhead, as it's essentially writing a little bit of data on the server's hard drive. Reporting happens to the database, where reporting one task takes as much overhead (CPU, memory, database reads and writes) as reporting more than one task does. So the preference is to report more than one task. Uploads can stall when Seti has a server outage, like during their weekly outage on Tuesday and the recovery period afterwards. |
Steve Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 94 Credit: 68,888 RAC: 0 |
As it's in the BOINC client, I assume it's uploading - they sit at 100%, and each other task in the list will just finish out, they don't disappear from the client until I manually hit update - tho I've not let it sit at length yet (more than a day). Does what Gundolf described "reports happen at the first of:" mean BOINC would clear these stalled files out eventually, or would it still require manual intervention (click project update) to clear it all and get back on track? |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
You may also want to set your Account Preferences to keep 1-2 days of work on hand. If you have more powerful hardware on the way, it will keep you crunching while the server is down. I have seen work stay around for more than a day when they are having server problems, but as long as I have work to do, I don't worry about it. Sooner or latter it gets cleared. |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
As it's in the BOINC client, I assume it's uploading - they sit at 100%, and each other task in the list will just finish out, they don't disappear from the client until I manually hit update - tho I've not let it sit at length yet (more than a day). Yes, it would, and they are not "stalled", they are "Ready to report" (according to the Status column). So, no manual intervention is needed. Gruß, Gundolf [off topic]Where's "international" for you, Steve? :-)[/off topic] Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
Steve Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 94 Credit: 68,888 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for info Gundolf, [off topic]Where's "international" for you, Steve? :-)[/off topic] I just haven't set up a profile yet, I'm in the USA, tho from an ETI's perspective I guess I might be international - (would an ETI recognize political boundaries?) :-) I plan on setting up a profile once the new rigs and network are set up, but I'm not in it for the credits exactly, other than making sure they are valid for the research projects. Just trying to learn as much as I can for now. Thx and Regards |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
I just haven't set up a profile yet... Your country isn't (necessarily) a part of your profile, it's an entry in your account (accessible via "Change other account info"). I like those little flags in the author's info box, and there's none for "international" :-) Gruß, Gundolf |
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