Panic Mode On (78) Server Problems?

Thanks Richard, I am utilizing your suggestion .. the point i was trying to make was the amount of ghost units I have which at the rate I am going will probably end up in alot of "timed out" errors..over 3000 in web account and 0 in BOINC manager

11/8/2012 5:33:05 PM | SETI@home | work fetch suspended by user
11/8/2012 5:33:07 PM | SETI@home | update requested by user
11/8/2012 5:37:33 PM | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached
11/8/2012 5:37:36 PM | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
11/8/2012 5:37:37 PM | | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
am I missing something

My WU have piled up and can't be delivered either..

I have an i5 with 2 cores and 4 threads.
My cache is down to 155
I have no problem uploading or reporting work.

I expected to get new work when my cache was down to 200.
But still I get the following messages:

11/9/2012 7:33:22 AM Requesting new tasks for CPU
11/9/2012 7:33:35 AM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
11/9/2012 7:33:35 AM No tasks sent
11/9/2012 7:33:35 AM No tasks are available for SETI@home Enhanced
11/9/2012 7:33:35 AM This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress
11/9/2012 7:33:35 AM Project has no tasks available

What is the limit for my system?
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Goodbye Seti Classic

Other than the limits imposed, I'm not having any trouble connecting with the servers.

Cheers.

All my computers are now zeroed out, that is, they have no tasks to crunch.
But that is only true locally. On Seti@Home side of the fence all computers have tons of work in progress, as can be seen on the Computer status page - tasks in progress. However, none has reached my computers.

I believe these are calles ghosts, and they are now piling up fast. Currently I have 1366 tasks marked as in progress, when however none have reached me to be crunched.
So I'm now throwing in my cents worth into the error mix discussion.


Could it be a network problem?

Shouldn't there be some sort of TCP Ack sent and received when download of task is complete in order to mark the tasks as sent and received? And only then should the task be marked as "In Progress"?
Could this be a BOINC bug, or is it a server side bug?

Perhaps the new Foundry switch is dropping Acks intermittently?
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Not sure what or why it's happening; i've got 4,230 WU's in total. 1150 are in progress, but 1955 are pending validation.
And my RAC is dropping like a stone to reflect all the pendings, and there's no backlog with the validators.
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Grant
Darwin NT.

What is the limit for my system?

Not sure what or why it's happening; i've got 4,230 WU's in total. 1150 are in progress, but 1955 are pending validation.
And my RAC is dropping like a stone to reflect all the pendings, and there's no backlog with the validators.
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The upload server is disabled, and it's only 3.30am in Berkeley. Ho hum.

Questions:

1. Would it be possible for Eric (or someone) to flush all the ghosts out of the scheduler? (I.e., somehow identify them as ghosts and deassign them so the scheduler isn't trying to keep track of so many.)

2. If it's possible, would it help the situation any to do it?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

The upload server is disabled, and it's only 3.30am in Berkeley. Ho hum.

Now that is new.

No, it's very common. If the upload server (or any server) happens to be taking a micro-nap at the precise instant that nurse comes round to take its temperature, it shows as disabled until the next 10-minute snapshot display of the Status page.

Top left of server status page:

[As of 9 Nov 2012 | 14:00:07 UTC]

As Richard points out depending on when you access the page it can be up to 9:59 behind!

What is the limit for my system?

100 per cpu and 100 per gpu. The # of cores is not a factor this time.

If this is true then my 8 core should have more than 89 tasks and my GPU (2 cards, 4 tasks) should have more than 110 tasks and all I get is "The computer has reached the limit on tasks in progress".
Now this computer does have over 3000 ghosts on it, I do not know if that affect anything or not, we have been told not but it sure looks like it.

Also another computer for whatever reason can not report its tasks, nor make contact with the server..no hint of anything wrong on this end.

With so many of our loyal SETI community upset and frustrated over the current situation, perhaps it would be a good time for one of the SETI staff to take a few minutes to let us know what their ideas are about the problem, why they have limited us so severely, and if they have been able to determine a way to fix things and release the restrictions.