Panic Mode On (80) Server Problems?

Looks like things are grinding to a halt again. Can't get any GPU d/ls because I have 2 AP tasks that have been stuck for several hours and retries don't help much as it quickly drops to under 1.0 kb then goes into retry status.
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I don't buy computers, I build them!!

Whatever was causing the MB validators to get bogged down appears to have cleared- the backlog is now declining instead of growing. Also the AP work appears to have pretty much cleared, so hopefully the download traffic will settle down shortly.
And whatever they did to the splitters after that last outage appears to have worked- i can't remember a time when the splitters were able to pump out 60 WU/s time after time, but now the Ready to send buffer is back down to normal levels, that's what they're doing. 50/s is the worst so far, for a quite a while there they were struggling to do 20/s.
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Grant
Darwin NT

The current round of sick download performance was happening before the APs started to move, so you can forget them as the culprit - the root cause is a very poorly though through and implemented download scheduling algorithm that can do nothing apart from cause problems.
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

- the root cause is a very poorly though through and implemented download scheduling algorithm that can do nothing apart from cause problems.

Iz that inside info ?
If they have found another gremlin with its neck stuck in a bottle,
the hIT men can have a smashing time with it,
unless the Trainman says otherwize :(

The current round of sick download performance was happening before the APs started to move, so you can forget them as the culprit - the root cause is a very poorly though through and implemented download scheduling algorithm that can do nothing apart from cause problems.

You were the lucky one. Before the servers maxed out I was lucky to get any work, and when I did an MB was taking about 30 minutes to download, with numerous re-tries, now the servers are maxed out MBs are either taking 1 minute or, in the majority of cases 30 minutes with many re-tries.
In "normal" times an MB takes about 10 seconds, and an AP a couple of minutes, with only the odd re-try - even when the servers are maxed those times only double.
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Is it hardware or software? or a combination of both.

Is it hardware or software? or a combination of both.

My personal belief is that nobody knows.
My fear is that nobody cares.
My annoyance is that nobody seems to be trying to find-out (just for fun).
My response is to "abandon all hope."

Is it hardware or software? or a combination of both.

My personal belief is that nobody knows.
My fear is that nobody cares.
My annoyance is that nobody seems to be trying to find-out (just for fun).
My response is to "abandon all hope."

Every now and then it sure does feel like it. Then eventually lucidity gets the better of me and I realize that (as far as my little cruncher is concerned) Seti enjoys 100% uptime. Well, at least for the past 2 years it has...

Now obviously to make a statement like that I must be bending the rules a little bit. And by that I mean I'm not counting a couple weeks of server replacements or a multi day power outage or any other scenario the Lab has no control over (though I can't remember any others in the 2yr timeframe mentioned).

Now I know this is no consolation to anyone with a PC quick enough to burn through their cache in a matter of hours. But I'd be lying if I said my little netbook hasn't been crunching pretty much non-stop for a fraction over 24 months now.

All that means is, a lot of people must be doing something right. And it's not just the people in the lab that care. What about Richard who's always looking out for us? What about Brad who just posted a wall-of-text of accomplishments for the lab? That's just a couple of the people going above and beyond so things run smoothly for us. But not a definitive list of people who care. What about the Raistmers and the Jasons? The Joes, Claggys and Mikes? I'm sure that's just the tip of the iceberg. In fact I think the reality is that everybody here cares for the project.

I did say my "fear" is that nobody cares, and by "nobody" I meant anyone who could do anything about server issues.

but to say the guys in the lab "don't care" is to me and insult.

I did say my "fear" is that nobody cares, and by "nobody" I meant anyone who could do anything about server issues.

I do not believe that Matt Jeff and Eric "don't care". Sorry that is going too far.
I don't believe they have the time and resources to do what they want but to say the guys in the lab "don't care" is to me and insult.

I did say my "fear" is that nobody cares, and by "nobody" I meant anyone who could do anything about server issues.

I do not believe that Matt Jeff and Eric "don't care". Sorry that is going too far.
I don't believe they have the time and resources to do what they want but to say the guys in the lab "don't care" is to me and insult.

I think you're still not understanding him. He didn't say they don't care, he said his fear is that they don't care. There's a difference between a fear and a belief.

I think you're still not understanding him. He didn't say they don't care, he said his fear is that they don't care. There's a difference between a fear and a belief.

I think I'm going to assume that the fact that you've got nothing better to do than argue semantic points from a post eight messages, two days and a maintenance outage ago is a good thing.

It means that the project has (very quietly) started running so smoothly that you've all got nothing better to panic about :P

I think I'm going to assume that the fact that you've got nothing better to do than argue semantic points from a post eight messages, two days and a maintenance outage ago is a good thing.

It means that the project has (very quietly) started running so smoothly that you've all got nothing better to panic about :P