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For those thinking about detaching to clear ghosts
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![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 ![]() |
WAIT!! Do not detach until you report any tasks left on your computer! If you detach before the tasks are reported you will lose all that credit! Just set no new tasks and wait until we get back to running and you can report. After you report you can detach/attach and clear all your ghosts. ![]() PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10848 Credit: 5,743,225 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Thank you perryjay. I will make this a sticky for a few days. Great warning. Pluto will always be a planet to me. ![]() Seti Ambassador |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 10 Sep 09 Posts: 5 Credit: 9,848,377 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Good point I almost did this but realised I have a lot to upload thank god I remembered. Can't wait to clear the ghost units out. ![]() |
![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 2 Jun 99 Posts: 835 Credit: 33,540,164 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Good point and good its now a sticky Also be aware that there is a risk of ending up with a different client id for your computer especially if you do it while the servers are under load and you may then have problems merging them its not the end of the world if it happens and can be fixed but thought you should also be aware it does not go smoothly every time :) getting rid of ghosts will certainly easy the current log jam to some degree especially if the 30%+ people are seeing is an accurate reflection of the situation Tim ![]() |
![]() Send message Joined: 5 Jul 06 Posts: 57 Credit: 23,044,387 RAC: 0 ![]() |
yeah waiting for the servers to accept my pending stuff so i can detach, got like 75% ghost, nowonder im out of work fast on my pc Joined Seti@home on 20 June 1999 (id:797875) Made This1 to Join the Eve Team http://www.eveonline.com/seti/ ![]() |
Robert Ribbeck ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Jun 02 Posts: 644 Credit: 5,283,174 RAC: 0 ![]() |
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=61519&nowrap=true#1036540 Gives a step by step on Detaching re-attaching $ saving your setup from changing ![]() ![]() |
DJStarfox ![]() Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1059 Credit: 968,127 RAC: 20 ![]() |
As many ghosts as we have, there are probably a lot of result zombies on the upload server. Result zombie = uploaded result that will never be reported as complete or validated. They're just sitting there taking up space, making this server migration taking a painful amount of time. Someone should compare count of files on upload server vs "Results returned and awaiting validation" (once everyone reports in this week). |
parl Send message Joined: 22 May 04 Posts: 95 Credit: 3,765,766 RAC: 1,710 ![]() ![]() |
By "reports in this week" I presume you mean on Friday, if the Lord tarry and the creek don't rise - I mean if they get the u/l working by then. |
![]() Volunteer tester ![]() Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10848 Credit: 5,743,225 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I am making this a non sticky, since we can't check for ghosts anyway. Pluto will always be a planet to me. ![]() Seti Ambassador |
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