i downloaded this software a while back and everything was fine. when it was finished analyzing the data now it says "error no work available to process" whats up with that? its been like this for about four days. can anybody help me out and tell me whats going on? thanks

Over the weekend the main Seti database server crashed, the whole project went down as a result of that. Any downtime on the project's side will inevitably be followed by a long recovery time as all the PCs out there will try to upload their finished results, report them and download new work.

All the uploading and downloading happens over a 100Mbit line from the University's gate to the SSL lab. Too many uploads/downloads happening and this line is saturated (as shown in this real-time graph) and clients on the outside will get a message that there isn't work available, even though there is plenty to be had.

Ways around it?
- use patience. You're not the only computer asking for work.
- attach to another project if you want to keep your CPUs warm.

There is plenty of more science that can be done through BOINC than searching for ET only.

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Times gone by is the seti system still down ? I have been without my computer for several weeks - now got a new one - have downloaded BOINC again logged in and zilch nothing??
Any news anyone? - Pip

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plenty of work available. please post the first 20 or so lines from your messages on the boinc manager. this may give us a clue as to whats happening to you

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I looks like Jem got some work. I see 4 WU's sent from 24 Oct 2009 11:26:36 UTC and 12:09:35 UTC. Boinc may have been in work request backoff delay from asking for work while project was down or out of work.