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Message 1368514 - Posted: 16 May 2013, 17:46:27 UTC

Dr. Strangelove reference for the win.

Any way, for the last few months prior to the colo move, I have noticed that my RAC was doing the usual saw tooth pattern, and then right before the big move jumped suddenly from 29k to 32k. This made little sense to me, but I did not want to knock it at the time. But now it seems to be going back on the up again, so I started to wonder... so how is the RAC is calculated? And since my search-fu skills seem weak, I might as well ask out loud if this assumption is correct:

The RAC appears to be based upon both the amount that your machines can process, AND how much your wingmen and the servers can go through on a regular basis.

So how far off am I?
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Message 1368710 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 2:58:25 UTC
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RAC(Recent Average Credit) is calculated very simply. Credit on the other hand uses a random number generator.
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Message 1368813 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 9:23:18 UTC - in response to Message 1368514.  
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Well RAC is calculated on the work that is Validated, not the work as it's returned.

So if you are by chance matched up with Wingman that goes goes AWOL with a heap of workunits, and you need to wait 6 weeks for them to be reissued, your RAC takes a dip, through no fault of yours. But as a bonus, when those relayed units do eventually get validated, you get a boost.

SO you can get the situation where you turn a machine off, and the RAC goes up. (for a while anyway)

Maybe we need to implement an ARAC (Average Recent Average Credit)? :D

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Message 1368893 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 13:13:16 UTC - in response to Message 1368710.  

I guess it beats drawing a circle on the ground and throwing in chicken bones all day.
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Message 1368894 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 13:14:34 UTC - in response to Message 1368813.  

Well RAC is calculated on the work that is Validated, not the work as it's returned.

So if you are by chance matched up with Wingman that goes goes AWOL with a heap of workunits, and you need to wait 6 weeks for them to be reissued, your RAC takes a dip, through no fault of yours. But as a bonus, when those relayed units do eventually get validated, you get a boost.

SO you can get the situation where you turn a machine off, and the RAC goes up. (for a while anyway)

Maybe we need to implement an ARAC (Average Recent Average Credit)? :D

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Message 1368918 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 14:28:20 UTC

I actually do average my RAC on my machines by pulling the data from statistics_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml.


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Message 1368922 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 14:40:13 UTC - in response to Message 1368710.  

RAC(Recent Average Credit) is calculated very simply. Credit on the other hand uses a random number generator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KSXJNivi9KA#t=2008s

(I was looking for a clip of Bugs or some other character flipping his finger over his lips in confusion, but I didn't have all day to look.)

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Message 1369078 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 19:52:45 UTC - in response to Message 1368918.  

I actually do average my RAC on my machines by pulling the data from statistics_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml.



Yay, how I can do that?

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Message 1369099 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 20:24:00 UTC - in response to Message 1369078.  
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I actually do average my RAC on my machines by pulling the data from statistics_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml.



Yay, how I can do that?

I read the statistics_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml file and pick out the values for <host_expavg_credit></host_expavg_credit> & I count the number of records to get the number of days.

There are probably better ways to do it, but I am just doing it with dos .bat scripting.
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