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Astropulse WU sometimes never completes
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Jiri Svoboda Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 6,185,525 RAC: 7 |
For some time I have been finding some Astropulse WU which was incrementing both "Remaining" and "Elapsed" times; e.g. the WU estimated to 26 hrs continues beyond 42 hrs and I have to abort it. I am running Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 on Intel i7 CPU 3.2 GHz with ATI Graphics card. Recently, I have noticed that this problem may be related to the PC reboot when the Astropulse WU has been suspended. Typically, before I install an upgrade of some application or do a backup, I set the BOINC to "Snooze" or close it completely when it is expected that a PC reset will be required. After the PC reset, and restarting BOINC (never automatically during startup), the problem with the previously running Astropulse WU(s) is detected. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
This is a "feature" of some Astropulse work units, if they are "highly blanked" the time estimate will be very inaccurate, let them run to completion. I do a quick mental check to guess the expected time to run using the percent complete and duration, after about 25% I find this can be more accurate than the one the PC produces. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Jiri Svoboda Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 6,185,525 RAC: 7 |
Thanks, Bob, for your advice, but I believe that there is a problem with some Astropulse 6.01 units. Most recent Work Unit which was originally estimated to 26 hours shows the following statistics: Progress = 31.720% (the same value for the last 30 hours); Elapsed = 43:12:02 (it keeps incrementing by about once in a second); Remaining = 09:21:24 (it keeps incrementing about once in 4 to 5 seconds). I am sorry but at this point I am aborting the WU calculations and removing Astropulse WUs from my downloads. P.S.: If this information is useful, then I am using 50% of processors, i.e. 4, for SETI WUs. |
TJ13 Send message Joined: 13 Mar 06 Posts: 35 Credit: 7,970,069 RAC: 6 |
I'm having a similar issue on the new seti 7 tasks. They all stop showing progress at about 20% and keep running. |
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