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juan BFP Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 |
The limits are there to prevent issues from arising in the first place. I fail to see how raising them would help the project at all. I realy agree with Mark, and please don´t blame who have the called "crunching farms" for the last year SETI DB problems. Another thing, i don´t belive an small rise in the limits (from 100 WU per GPU hosts to 100 WU per GPU) will "crash" the SETI servers, in numbers if we have 1000 hosts (i´m very optimistic, sure is a lot less) with 2xGPU they will increace the total WU handled by 100k, nothing compared with the 3 MM number allready waiting in db. Nobody is asking for a 10 day´s cache, just a cache that could hold for few hours (maybe a 1/4 day) instead of minutes like the one we have now, think about that. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
The limits are there to prevent issues from arising in the first place. I fail to see how raising them would help the project at all. I don't have all the answers...... But, let me tell you this much. I am holding my own with mostly 2-3 year old hardware. I pretty much know how to make it run. If I had the funds to go balls out......I could take on the best. And.....please let this be known, because I am proud of it..... I have done this 'at home' with my own funds, on my own power bill. Not by running on a business's power or a bunch of school computers. My own. Here in my home. Nothing but. I have survived with the kind donations from a number of very kind souls, going back a few years, that have donated to me more than a few motherboards, a few PSUs, and many more than a few GPUs. I have just received a donation of more than a few 580s...... Which, as I have quipped before, might be trash to some, but gold to the kitties. I can't afford to be cutting edge, my last power bill just arrived.... Over $550.00....for running all 9 rigs 24/7. I have another donated mobo that I have apologized to the donor that I have not yet fully set up to run.......because I cannot afford to pay more for the juice to run another rig. Y'all have been so kind. Just know the kittyman is doing all he can for the project, and will continue to do so all long as he can. More to respond to me? My PM box is open to all.................... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And the kitties have regained most of their caches. Meow!!! "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
juan BFP Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 |
Mark. We all know how much you love and all you done for the success of this project. Go kitties! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Mark. Well, it's all legend now...LOL. Some do not appreciate it when I make some grandiose statements. But when I do, I have been there, and done that. I do not posture much. When I say I have been there and done that, I have done it. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Andy Williams Send message Joined: 11 May 01 Posts: 187 Credit: 112,464,820 RAC: 0 |
I can't afford to be cutting edge, my last power bill just arrived.... Wow, cheap. When I was running SETI flat out, many GPUs, >200,000 RAC my electric bill was over $1000 per month. That was years ago though with less efficient GPUs. -- Classic 82353 WU / 400979 h |
Vipin Palazhi Send message Joined: 29 Feb 08 Posts: 286 Credit: 167,386,578 RAC: 0 |
Am I glad that I am currently living in this part of the world. Electricity is included in the apartment rent, no matter how much I use. I pray it stays that way for a looooooong time. ______________ |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
Mark. Been there, done that, still saving up for the toaster... :D SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Still struggling to get work, splitters till not cranking up to match demand. Grant Darwin NT |
Lionel Send message Joined: 25 Mar 00 Posts: 680 Credit: 563,640,304 RAC: 597 |
It is just a pity that we do not have caches ... it might smooth out some of the unhappiness that's around. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
All good here 5 machines with max tasks. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
All good here 5 machines with max tasks. Down to 362 here of 400. Every now & then i finally get some work which bumps it up, then dozens of "No tasks available" responses to work requests till the next bump up. But still unable to get the full 400 limit. Grant Darwin NT |
Lionel Send message Joined: 25 Mar 00 Posts: 680 Credit: 563,640,304 RAC: 597 |
Results Ready to Send ... 0 |
RottenMutt Send message Joined: 15 Mar 01 Posts: 1011 Credit: 230,314,058 RAC: 0 |
The limits are there to prevent issues from arising in the first place. I fail to see how raising them would help the project at all. i'm for 10 time larger MB tasks. IF that "spare cpu cycle" theory was real then get rid of RAC and Credit, and don't keep score. see how many stick around, and then that will be a valid argument. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Results Ready to Send ... 0 It's been that way for almost 2 days, the splitters can't keep up with demand so the Ready-to-send buffer has shrunk down to 0. Hence the multitude of "No tasks sent" messages, with the odd request resulting in work. There also appears to have been a problem with downloads- traffic dropped off to bugger all for a while there, and i eneded up with all of my downloads in backoff mode. Hit re-rty a couple of times & they finally came through. Grant Darwin NT |
ExchangeMan Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 115 Credit: 157,719,104 RAC: 0 |
Results Ready to Send ... 0 I've seen this odd download behavior also. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
The fix to this problem is larger workunits which will reduce the number of "in progress" entries in the database. The problem is that's a kludge, not a fix. Several times over the years they're upped the sensitivity of the application, resulting in greatly increased processing times. But the fact is CPU & now GPUs continue to improve their performance at the same increadible rate they've been doing so for years. The other option is more capable hardware on the server side, but once again that's not fixing the problem, just working around it. The problem is the databse & the only real fix will probably be to re-design it from scratch. One database for the in progress work- Waiting to be sent WUs, WUs returned waiting for valiadtion etc & another for the the work that has been completed & validated. The second database will continue to grow over time, the first will only ever be as as large as the amount of work that is in progress. That will allow people to have large caches, and the Scheduler & the databse won't be stuggling with the huge number of entires it needs to manage at present. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Wow! Now I've seen peak, "Current result creation rate 67.6120/sec", but sadly that isn't producing an increase in the ready to send cache though both my rigs are sitting on their limits. Cheers. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Wow! Now I've seen peak, Yeah, the problem is it's only doing brief bursts, then dropping down to even less than when there aren't shorties in the system. Normally it'll peak at around 50, but hold it there for an hour or 3 till the buffer has built up, then drop down again. Lately it's been struggling to do even 40, where as i reckon 55/s or more would be needed to meet demand and build up the buffer. Received in the last hour is usually around 70,000, it's been around 120,000 for a couple of days now with peaks up to 140,000. If it were able to meet demand i'd suspect it would have been 140,000 for the last few days with even higher peaks. There's an amazing number of shorties in the system at the moment. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Wow! Now I've seen peak, Actually that should have read "167.6120/sec" but for some reason the 1st digit went AWOL. Cheers. |
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