Unmarked VLARs going to GPU

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Cruncher-American Send message Joined: 25 Mar 02 Posts: 1513 Credit: 370,893,186 RAC: 340	Message 1027249 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 3:04:21 UTC I have received several dozen WUs marked for the GPU that are VLARs today (according to the old rescheduler). According to it, I now have (after reschedule) 200+ VLARs, of which less than half are marked by SETI as .vlar_x Is there a new problem with the servers? ID: 1027249 ·

Bearcat Send message Joined: 10 Sep 99 Posts: 106 Credit: 10,778,506 RAC: 0	Message 1027252 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 3:17:34 UTC - in response to Message 1027249. Last modified: 22 Aug 2010, 3:19:21 UTC wow, thanks for the warning. I checked and found 77, which I quickly pushed to the CPU now. I guess the first big batch of ghosts is being resent now. ID: 1027252 ·

Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20	Message 1027256 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 3:48:12 UTC - in response to Message 1027249. Last modified: 22 Aug 2010, 3:48:55 UTC I have received several dozen WUs marked for the GPU that are VLARs today (according to the old rescheduler). According to it, I now have (after reschedule) 200+ VLARs, of which less than half are marked by SETI as .vlar_x Is there a new problem with the servers? Looks like most of them are resends (_2 or _3) of tasks originally generated in early July, BEFORE the .vlar flag and server changes were added. Due to the problems with ghost WUs, people who just quit and let their WUs time out, and the new longer time limits for returning results, we will probably be seeing these resends for another 2-3 months. Patience remains not just a virtue, but a necessity. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1027256 ·

Sutaru Tsureku Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5	Message 1027316 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 8:43:19 UTC - in response to Message 1027249. 'Message 1027313' In short.. - ~ 30 % VLARs (no .vlar_x ending) on GPU. ID: 1027316 ·

Sutaru Tsureku Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5	Message 1027317 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 8:48:46 UTC - in response to Message 1027256. (...) Due to the problems with ghost WUs, people who just quit and let their WUs time out, and the new longer time limits for returning results, we will probably be seeing these resends for another 2-3 months. (...) IIRC a message of Joe, with worst case, we could see up to ~ 2 years re-sent VLAR WUs on GPUs. So it's still recommended (a must) to use Fred's BOINC Rescheduler. ID: 1027317 ·

Skywalker66 @ Berlin Send message Joined: 31 Jan 01 Posts: 78 Credit: 27,692,349 RAC: 0	Message 1027343 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 11:15:48 UTC - in response to Message 1027316. i have get yesterday 500 GPU Wu and there was with 20% VLARs ID: 1027343 ·

JohnDK Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 May 00 Posts: 1222 Credit: 451,243,443 RAC: 1,127	Message 1027365 - Posted: 22 Aug 2010, 13:18:16 UTC It's not good, I've rescheduled and finished some of these ghost resends, and my completion times on new GPU work is already 70% or so higher then it should be. I then adjust DCF/flops but new work again have the higher times. I like the old times with no server meddling with this stuff... ID: 1027365 ·

Helli_retiered Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Dec 99 Posts: 707 Credit: 108,785,585 RAC: 0	Message 1034811 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 12:39:38 UTC In the last weeks i've got no .vlar on my GPU-only Rigs. But Today i got 287 Workunits marked as VLAR. Not old, unmarked, Workunits. Did they change anything? Helli A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart ID: 1034811 ·

perryjay Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0	Message 1034814 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 12:54:21 UTC - in response to Message 1034811. In the last weeks i've got no .vlar on my GPU-only Rigs. But Today i got 287 Workunits marked as VLAR. Not old, unmarked, Workunits. Did they change anything? Helli My guess is yes, they changed tapes that they split. :-) PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC ID: 1034814 ·

Helli_retiered Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Dec 99 Posts: 707 Credit: 108,785,585 RAC: 0	Message 1034815 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 12:57:36 UTC Hmm - I thought VLAR Workunits are only assigned to the CPU... Helli A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart ID: 1034815 ·

Cruncher-American Send message Joined: 25 Mar 02 Posts: 1513 Credit: 370,893,186 RAC: 340	Message 1034825 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 13:30:26 UTC WUs with ".vlar" in the names are for CPU. The problem is that some (older?) WUs that ARE vlars are not so labelled, and ARE assigned to GPUs; I have gotten a few more recently. I used the OLD rescheduler to reassign them to CPU. ID: 1034825 ·

Helli_retiered Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Dec 99 Posts: 707 Credit: 108,785,585 RAC: 0	Message 1034828 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 13:45:11 UTC As i said above - i HAVE got VLAR marked Workunits assigned now to my GPU's. Helli A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart ID: 1034828 ·

Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0	Message 1034830 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 13:48:08 UTC Last modified: 20 Sep 2010, 14:11:08 UTC I also have vlar assigned to GPU's VLAR pic First one downloaded (or was assigned to) my computer at 8:53:58 PM last night Just moved 105 VLAR from GPU to CPU. Last reschedular run last night at midnight. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 1034830 ·

perryjay Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0	Message 1034832 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 13:56:57 UTC - in response to Message 1034828. Sorry, misunderstood you. I've got Fred's reschedule tool running every 6 hours so I don't see such things. I checked the log and it said it moved a couple over early this morning. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC ID: 1034832 ·

Helli_retiered Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Dec 99 Posts: 707 Credit: 108,785,585 RAC: 0	Message 1034833 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 13:59:19 UTC - in response to Message 1034832. That's ok if you use your GPU ANDCPU. ;-) Helli A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart ID: 1034833 ·

Sutaru Tsureku Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5	Message 1034835 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 14:03:07 UTC - in response to Message 1034828. As i said above - i HAVE got VLAR marked Workunits assigned now to my GPU's. Helli I have sent a PM to Eric.. ID: 1034835 ·

Sutaru Tsureku Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5	Message 1034836 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 14:13:50 UTC - in response to Message 1034833. That's ok if you use your GPU ANDCPU. ;-) Helli Just curious.. Why you don't crunch on your CPU/s? ID: 1034836 ·

hbomber Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 May 01 Posts: 437 Credit: 50,852,854 RAC: 0	Message 1034837 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 14:19:41 UTC I got hundreds of these on only GPU crunchers, both of them. ID: 1034837 ·

Helli_retiered Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Dec 99 Posts: 707 Credit: 108,785,585 RAC: 0	Message 1034838 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 14:21:16 UTC - in response to Message 1034836. Last modified: 20 Sep 2010, 14:22:06 UTC Just curious.. Why you don't crunch on your CPU/s? Well, it's easy. My ten GPU's have reached my personally limit of the electricity bill. ;-) Helli A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart ID: 1034838 ·

Geek@Play Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0	Message 1034851 - Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 15:02:06 UTC Last modified: 20 Sep 2010, 15:03:29 UTC This vlar being assigned to GPU's is going to be a very big problem for me. They can be moved to the CPU's but I foresee a large number of -177 (too much time used) errors in my future. I have moved 200 (total) on my 4 boxes but many more are waiting to download before I can reschedule them. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... ID: 1034851 ·

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