Not needed at this time,But I would like to take a computer out of service without wasteing a WU and hurting someone else doing the same WU.
Can this be done by setting the Connect to network about every -- days to 0.0 and let the WU finish before I take it off line for any length of time?
And how do I do this on just one computer without afecting the other computers?

Scott

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Haven't tried resently, but atleast earlier you'll ask for more work then empty even if set to 0 days. But one method always working is to increase "leave at least N GB free" to be larger than the free disk-space. By this method you'll ask for more work, but not get any since haven't enough disk-space. To do this on only one computer, either use separate venue, or fill the hd up with junk.

0 days work for me

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Fred
BOINC Alpha, BOINC Beta, LHC Alpha, Einstein Alpha

Scott,

> Not needed at this time,But I would like to take a computer out of service
> without wasteing a WU and hurting someone else doing the same WU.
> Can this be done by setting the Connect to network about every -- days to 0.0
> and let the WU finish before I take it off line for any length of time?
> And how do I do this on just one computer without afecting the other
> computers?

Just to be contrary, and to say once again the whole point to the way BOINC is designed is to say that you cannot "waste" a WU (actually a result) by just doing a detach or reset. The system is self-correcting and they will get their credit. They just won't be instantly gratified.

With a larger population of participants we will be seeing this a lot more, but it only hurts for a little while. :)

Reset happens, computers get taken out of production, Results get lost, but BOINC fixes itself.

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Hi

In Boinc 4.56 you can suspend a WU, what is a better way than reset i think.
Nothing is lost.
But 4.56 is Alpha, just my 2 cents.

greetz Mike

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