WTF is Going On???? One Machine running out of WUs, No Changes...

I run 2 crunchers, let's call them F(ermibox2) and U(nimatrix002). They are primarily GPU crunchers, very similar (2 x GTX 460) and have been running for a while with queues from 1K to 2K WUs each. Both have had some problems recently with downloads that take a long while to complete.

Yet now, F has over 1000 WUs, with a handful stuck in transit, while U is down to about 50, all stuck in transit. So the machine is effectively dead. Yet nothing has changed and both can access the Internet OK. F has been running 306.23 drivers for a week or two, U is still running 275.xx, if that matters.

Is there anything I can check to find out what's wrong? Are we back to the SETI router d/l problems of a few months ago? ????

Thanks for any suggestions...
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F: could be having problems with that driver, 301.xx is suppose to be the choice here but even with my GTX550 TI's and GTX560 I'll stick with 285.62 drivers myself.

I won't even say anything about the version of BOINC that you are using as that's already been beaten into the ground enough times. ;)

Cheers.
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I have not been able to fill my caches on my GPU crunchers in about a week now...very slow downloads. If anyone has any ideas for us to try it is much appreciated.

Cheers,
Chris

F: could be having problems with that driver, 301.xx is suppose to be the choice here but even with my GTX550 TI's and GTX560 I'll stick with 285.62 drivers myself.

I won't even say anything about the version of BOINC that you are using as that's already been beaten into the ground enough times. ;)

Cheers.

See my post here and Chris S. message following it.

It looks like a huge shorty storm. The system is being swamped, and you just have to be patient.
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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

I have not been able to fill my caches on my GPU crunchers in about a week now...very slow downloads. If anyone has any ideas for us to try it is much appreciated.

Cheers,
Chris

Well - now both my machines are drained, except for a few uploads stalled for the last couple of days. A few go through from time to time, but otherwise NOTHING!

Both machines get (on manual Update) "not requesting new work" despite having nothimg or very little work - they are both set for 5 or more days of work in the queues, but BOINC is blithely ignoring that.

Is that because of the stalled uploads?

Is there anything I can do besides vacuum out the machines yet again?
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Yes, as long as it is more than twice the number of processors on the machine.

or if it counts 1 GPU same as a CPU thread, eh? (???).

or if it counts 1 GPU same as a CPU thread, eh? (???).

Yep.

what's all the performance data they have for each machine used for???

what's all the performance data they have for each machine used for???

Helping determine how many WUs you need to fill your cache.

Not really impatient - I've been through lots of stuff at SETI in the past. But I thought a lot of this crap was fixed by the newer equipment, etc.

Maybe the huge shorty storm we've had recently has clogged the pipes up. I know I've had literally 100s, if not 1000s of shorties lately, and d/l and u/l them has the same number of bytes per, so it surely places a larger demand on the pipes to SETI...


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It has always been said that patience isn't just a virtue on the project it is a necessity. Just chill out. Whatever the problem it will eventually be sorted, possibly not today, nor this week or even this month, but it will be sorted.

I have two MB jobs on my laptop, one Astropulse on the SUN WS, and a vlar on the Solaris Virtual Machine. I am never out of work since I am running 4 BOINC projects on each Real Machine and one on the Virtual Machine.
Tullio
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