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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 1052602 - Posted: 2 Dec 2010, 23:32:50 UTC
	Short status update: I turned on both the result/task pages and the resend-lost-results - the latter of course clearing out the pipes (still clogged with various ghost workunits). The science database is fully loaded on oscar now, and we're now rebuilding all the indexes, running "update stats" on all the tables. This is taking a bit longer than we thought, though we have some knobs to turn to speed things along after the current set of queries pushes through. We're still looking at maybe starting the assimilators on Monday, and then new work creation on Tuesday. While not far fetched, that's still being optimistic. The database on thumper is indeed turned off. I'll adjust the server status page once oscar is able to show a green "running" status. Jeff and I did some more server closet cleanup, but nothing noticeable in a picture. - Matt ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
	ID: 1052602 ·

bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 567 Credit: 13,847,915 RAC: 21,381	Message 1052605 - Posted: 2 Dec 2010, 23:43:46 UTC
	Danke, Herr Server Herder
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 2861 Credit: 1,778,689 RAC: 216	Message 1052608 - Posted: 2 Dec 2010, 23:56:31 UTC
	Hey Matt, if you could ship the first WU at 11:15 local time on Monday morning, I'll share my winnings with you. No need to tell anybody about this little agreement, right? ____________
	ID: 1052608 ·

Wedge009 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 199 Credit: 56,338,923 RAC: 150,680	Message 1052671 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 8:20:10 UTC
	Thank you so much for switching resend-lost-work-units back on again. Much appreciated. ____________ Soli Deo Gloria
	ID: 1052671 ·

ToxicTBag Send message Joined: 5 Feb 10 Posts: 101 Credit: 55,608,130 RAC: 1,495	Message 1052673 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 8:41:28 UTC
	Thanks for the update Matt much appreciated, i dare say a lot of hard work has gone on in the last few weeks, i hope it all works well for everyone. ____________
	ID: 1052673 ·

Igogo Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Dec 04 Posts: 36 Credit: 22,331,840 RAC: 34,538	Message 1052676 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 9:07:22 UTC - in response to Message 1052673.
	Thanks for the update Matt. Thanks for your great job.
	ID: 1052676 ·

Geoff Gong Send message Joined: 11 Dec 99 Posts: 53 Credit: 816,364 RAC: 258	Message 1052682 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 9:43:45 UTC - in response to Message 1052671.
	Teriffic 1 LOST WU 3/12/2010 7:58:40 PM SETI@home Message from server: Resent lost task 14ja10ab.10693.67.13.10.250_0 3/12/2010 7:58:40 PM SETI@home Message from server: Project has no tasks available 3/12/2010 7:58:42 PM SETI@home Started download of 14ja10ab.10693.67.13.10.250 3/12/2010 7:58:47 PM SETI@home Finished download of 14ja10ab.10693.67.13.10.250 3/12/2010 7:58:47 PM SETI@home Starting 14ja10ab.10693.67.13.10.250_0 3/12/2010 7:58:47 PM SETI@home Starting task 14ja10ab.10693.67.13.10.250_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 609 ____________
	ID: 1052682 ·

ALRUI Send message Joined: 6 Nov 09 Posts: 4 Credit: 61,938 RAC: 171	Message 1052750 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 17:02:43 UTC - in response to Message 1052671.
	Sorry to ask a noob question but how do I set prefs. to get lost work units? Thanks! ALR
	ID: 1052750 ·

KWSN THE Holy Hand Grenade! Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Dec 05 Posts: 1592 Credit: 4,422,766 RAC: 4,470	Message 1052753 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 17:05:59 UTC
	Now that SETI production is back on-line, how about turning on the verifiers on BETA, so that the (roughly...) 68k WU's there (including ~85 of mine...) can be verified, assimilated, etc.? ____________ .
	ID: 1052753 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 7458 Credit: 39,624,460 RAC: 33,085	Message 1052754 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 17:07:12 UTC - in response to Message 1052750.
	Sorry to ask a noob question but how do I set prefs. to get lost work units? Thanks! ALR It's OK, nothing for you to do. The setting is controlled at the server end, and now it's on (for the time being) any lost work should be resent automatically next time you request work.
	ID: 1052754 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10315 Credit: 5,078,608 RAC: 6,020	Message 1052789 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 21:42:27 UTC
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. ____________
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Geoff Gong Send message Joined: 11 Dec 99 Posts: 53 Credit: 816,364 RAC: 258	Message 1052795 - Posted: 3 Dec 2010, 21:47:41 UTC - in response to Message 1052789.
	My understanding is that a `Lost' Work unit is one that You've lost. ____________
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Gatekeeper Send message Joined: 14 Jul 04 Posts: 705 Credit: 140,003,212 RAC: 223,540	Message 1052830 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 1:43:01 UTC - in response to Message 1052789.
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... ____________
	ID: 1052830 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10315 Credit: 5,078,608 RAC: 6,020	Message 1052838 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 2:27:52 UTC - in response to Message 1052830.
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... Then is server side smart enough to see this (assuming a connect) and immediately time out the work unit so someone else can crunch it? ____________
	ID: 1052838 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 1052858 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 4:02:37 UTC - in response to Message 1052838.
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... Then is server side smart enough to see this (assuming a connect) and immediately time out the work unit so someone else can crunch it? If you set NNT and have no work to report, the server will never be contacted. ____________ BOINC WIKI
	ID: 1052858 ·

Metod, S56RKO Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Sep 02 Posts: 309 Credit: 23,881,175 RAC: 21,272	Message 1052978 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 10:01:31 UTC - in response to Message 1052858. Last modified: 4 Dec 2010, 10:02:41 UTC
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... Then is server side smart enough to see this (assuming a connect) and immediately time out the work unit so someone else can crunch it? If you set NNT and have no work to report, the server will never be contacted. And if you, despite having NNT, force connection to scheduler, your lost task(s) will be (re)sent to you. NNT means that client doesn't request new tasks ... doesn't say anything about old tasks. ____________ *Metod ...*
	ID: 1052978 ·

The Godfather Send message Joined: 2 Nov 10 Posts: 2 Credit: 133,492 RAC: 2	Message 1052984 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 10:31:17 UTC - in response to Message 1052602.
	Doancha jus luv computers????
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Claggy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 3363 Credit: 25,949,576 RAC: 1,251	Message 1052999 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 12:59:30 UTC - in response to Message 1052978. Last modified: 4 Dec 2010, 13:04:35 UTC
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... Then is server side smart enough to see this (assuming a connect) and immediately time out the work unit so someone else can crunch it? If you set NNT and have no work to report, the server will never be contacted. And if you, despite having NNT, force connection to scheduler, your lost task(s) will be (re)sent to you. NNT means that client doesn't request new tasks ... doesn't say anything about old tasks. Are you sure?, While at Einstein and Collatz this might be true, at Seti Beta you need to actually ask for work for the resends to happen, Seti Main is likely to be the same, (i remember reading a changeset some while ago, that if the client doesn't ask for work, the server won't do a database lookup to see what tasks the client is supposed to have, so minimising the load on the database server) Claggy
	ID: 1052999 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 7458 Credit: 39,624,460 RAC: 33,085	Message 1053004 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 13:27:36 UTC - in response to Message 1052999.
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... Then is server side smart enough to see this (assuming a connect) and immediately time out the work unit so someone else can crunch it? If you set NNT and have no work to report, the server will never be contacted. And if you, despite having NNT, force connection to scheduler, your lost task(s) will be (re)sent to you. NNT means that client doesn't request new tasks ... doesn't say anything about old tasks. Are you sure?, While at Einstein and Collatz this might be true, at Seti Beta you need to actually ask for work for the resends to happen, Seti Main is likely to be the same, (i remember reading a changeset some while ago, that if the client doesn't ask for work, the server won't do a database lookup to see what tasks the client is supposed to have, so minimising the load on the database server) Claggy Yes, when resends were enabled here at Main a couple of days ago, that's what I saw. And further, the number of resends I got seemed to match the state of my cache/work request - I didn't get them all at once. I seem to remember some concern about the old-style code, which tended to resend everything all at once - leading to obvious problems with download capacity and, in some cases, cache handling.
	ID: 1053004 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10315 Credit: 5,078,608 RAC: 6,020	Message 1053064 - Posted: 4 Dec 2010, 20:29:02 UTC - in response to Message 1052858.
	Different question. Is a lost work unit a new work unit? Thinking of people who may have set no new tasks. Yes. If you're set to NNT you will get zilch. "Allow new tasks" and the lost shall be found..... Then is server side smart enough to see this (assuming a connect) and immediately time out the work unit so someone else can crunch it? If you set NNT and have no work to report, the server will never be contacted. That might be true with Seti, but it is not true with all BOINC projects. CPDN and eOn come to mind. ____________
	ID: 1053064 ·

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