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Message 1443955 - Posted: 19 Nov 2013, 1:21:15 UTC

How often do you do SPECIAL cleanups of the database. I have several old computers that have been off line since June 2013. I would like to delete them but I can't since they have work units attached. These work units appear to be stuck in every possible status.

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Message 1444011 - Posted: 19 Nov 2013, 6:15:47 UTC

Any tasks sitting on your "old" computers since June will now be "timing out", so will be being re-allocated to other users; you can turn these computers off.
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Message 1444087 - Posted: 19 Nov 2013, 14:35:40 UTC - in response to Message 1444011.  

No, it's about the entries in the database. They can't be deleted as long as there are (stuck) work units in their task list.

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Message 1444357 - Posted: 20 Nov 2013, 5:25:35 UTC - in response to Message 1444087.  

YES they are hung, here is an example of 3 different systems

2659682342 1067850495 13 Oct 2012, 13:27:45 UTC 20 Oct 2012, 23:56:41 UTC Completed, waiting for validation 239,837.86 239,682.10 pending AstroPulse v6 v6.01

2845402310 1174704722 21 Feb 2013, 10:14:56 UTC 2 Mar 2013, 9:01:42 UTC Completed and validated 260,602.86 259,925.70 575.56 AstroPulse v6 v6.01

3020969126 1255928940 30 May 2013, 0:21:38 UTC 30 May 2013, 0:26:47 UTC Error while downloading 0.00 0.00 --- SETI@home v7 v7.00

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Message 1444368 - Posted: 20 Nov 2013, 6:05:28 UTC

The "error while downloading" are effectively lost to you. The task has/will be reassigned to another user. You will never get any credit for this task.
The "completed waiting validation" are now awaiting the actions of others. Credits will be distributed in the normal way when the WU validates.
The "completed and validated" are waiting on the servers to sort their lives out. You have received your credits for this task, so don't worry about it.

I would not delete the computers concerned, just turn them off and let SETI take its natural course.
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Message 1444892 - Posted: 21 Nov 2013, 3:15:06 UTC - in response to Message 1444368.  

I still haven't received an answer to my original question. I fully understand how it all works, What I want to know is WHEN will these stuck work unit be deleted from the computers that are no longer running. This needs to go to Matt, I sure there are other stuck work units.
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Message 1444906 - Posted: 21 Nov 2013, 4:52:39 UTC - in response to Message 1444892.  
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I still haven't received an answer to my original question. I fully understand how it all works, What I want to know is WHEN will these stuck work unit be deleted from the computers that are no longer running. This needs to go to Matt, I sure there are other stuck work units.


There are probably thousands of them. Matt isn't around much at all anymore, thanks to reduced project funding and his own personal schedule. The truth is, database cleanup is not anywhere close to the top of anyone's priority list, so I'd be surprised to see it addressed anytime soon. FWIW, the last two rigs I "decommissioned" sat in my computer list for well over a year before all the workunits disappeared and I could delete them.
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Message 1444936 - Posted: 21 Nov 2013, 6:34:35 UTC

The answer is, as Gatekeeper says very infrequently, because is not critical to the project to do so. You don't even have to delete computers, just ignore them they are doing no harm.
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