status : October 21, 2010

Message boards : Technical News : status : October 21, 2010

Author	Message
Jeff Cobb Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 108 Credit: 40,367 RAC: 0	Message 1043464 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 3:25:35 UTC
	Well, bummer. The boinc db on jocelyn crashed last night. The mysql message made mention that the crash could be due to file system cache corruption. So I rebooted jocelyn in hopes of clearing this. I then ran checks on all of the tables and did a backup in case we need it to get mork going again as the replica. I will attempt to start the project tomorrow morning, pacific time. ____________
	ID: 1043464 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10331 Credit: 5,103,825 RAC: 6,332	Message 1043470 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 3:36:51 UTC - in response to Message 1043464.
	Well, bummer. The boinc db on jocelyn crashed last night. The mysql message made mention that the crash could be due to file system cache corruption. So I rebooted jocelyn in hopes of clearing this. I then ran checks on all of the tables and did a backup in case we need it to get mork going again as the replica. I will attempt to start the project tomorrow morning, pacific time. THanks for the info. Always appreciated. ____________
	ID: 1043470 ·

Doug vE Send message Joined: 4 Sep 04 Posts: 43 Credit: 3,242,084 RAC: 3,723	Message 1043472 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 3:40:13 UTC
	Thanks for the update Jeff, I have been trying most of the day to post a suggestion. Yesterday people were throwing out names for Mork's replacement. I would like to add my two cents worth and then I am going to add another contribution to the fund, if I can get the card away from my wife. Anyway how about the name ALF from the TV show. After all that is what we are looking for, Alien Life Form(s). I hope the kittens aren't to upset with that name, after all he never did catch the family cat. Keep up the excellent work. ____________ Seti@Home Classic Work Units 413 Seti@Home Classic CPU time 3,869 hours Doug
	ID: 1043472 ·

[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6571 Credit: 50,817,845 RAC: 20,467	Message 1043519 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 10:36:46 UTC - in response to Message 1043464.
	Jeff, thanks for the news! ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
	ID: 1043519 ·

DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1040 Credit: 485,117 RAC: 71	Message 1043595 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 15:22:43 UTC - in response to Message 1043464.
	Well, bummer. The boinc db on jocelyn crashed last night. The mysql message made mention that the crash could be due to file system cache corruption. So I rebooted jocelyn in hopes of clearing this. I then ran checks on all of the tables and did a backup in case we need it to get mork going again as the replica. I will attempt to start the project tomorrow morning, pacific time. I had a "Torn Page Detection" happen on a production server many years back. Corrupted the entire DB before we found the cause. Turns out the hardware raid controller had a firmware bug that caused corruption under high I/O load. What's the RAID controller & configuration you're using?
	ID: 1043595 ·

335deezl Send message Joined: 8 Jan 07 Posts: 15 Credit: 11,873,475 RAC: 380	Message 1043659 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 18:08:06 UTC
	I truly feel for you Jeff. Are you getting any help from anyone else, or is it just you trying to keep all the servers up and running? I have 550 tasks to report, and am almost out of work... :( ____________
	ID: 1043659 ·

sleepy Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 35 Credit: 12,023,683 RAC: 16,830	Message 1043687 - Posted: 22 Oct 2010, 18:56:25 UTC
	Thank you for the news and up with the good work! We will crunch what we have still got in store and then wait patiently until everything settles down. It is a long run project. Question has been around for 14 billion years, or 100.000, it depends on how you put it. We can wait some weeks. Take a breath, untangle the cables, prepare a good environment for next servers. We will be still here when you are ready. All the best to everybody, especially to the generous ones who made it possible that we are down, but new servers are already coming to SETI. Sleepy ____________
	ID: 1043687 ·

RottenMutt Send message Joined: 15 Mar 01 Posts: 929 Credit: 182,874,858 RAC: 202,191	Message 1043947 - Posted: 23 Oct 2010, 13:21:41 UTC - in response to Message 1043464.
	Please load new work to be split. ____________
	ID: 1043947 ·

platium Send message Joined: 5 Jul 10 Posts: 212 Credit: 262,426 RAC: 0	Message 1043951 - Posted: 23 Oct 2010, 13:45:48 UTC
	if Jeff does his best thats all we can have, he's limited by budget they seem to be doing the best they can with less that perfect equipment, I also heard that they are students that run the project most of the time if that true they are going to get better as time go on, hopefully better equipment will help them alot. bill from uk
	ID: 1043951 ·

SockGap Send message Joined: 16 Apr 07 Posts: 12 Credit: 4,252,051 RAC: 3,178	Message 1044113 - Posted: 23 Oct 2010, 22:09:58 UTC - in response to Message 1043951.
	I also heard that they are students that run the project most of the time if that true they are going to get better as time go on, hopefully better equipment will help them alot. Yes they are students - and most of them have been running the project since it started 11 years ago. I've worked in IT for 15 years and could only name 5 or 6 system admins anywhere near as good as these guys. They do a phenomenal job with the equipment they've got - but it's finally given up. Hence why I've donated. Hopefully the new servers will allow the project to support the huge number of clients and answer the ever-increasing number of requests for work. In the mean time I've set Seti to No New Work. I'll crunch my other projects and reduce the load on Jocelyn... ____________
	ID: 1044113 ·

Message boards : Technical News : status : October 21, 2010