Panic Mode On (10) Server problems

Author	Message
The Fiend Send message Joined: 23 Sep 01 Posts: 6 Credit: 3,051,288 RAC: 0	Message 827177 - Posted: 5 Nov 2008, 10:09:40 UTC Uploads cleared now :) ID: 827177 ·

[B^S] madmac Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Feb 04 Posts: 1175 Credit: 4,754,897 RAC: 0	Message 827184 - Posted: 5 Nov 2008, 12:05:32 UTC Just done an update as I have got two WUS to report and it took nearly 2 minutes for it to do. Have to do an update when I have an AP waiting to be done. ID: 827184 ·

jason_gee Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0	Message 827196 - Posted: 5 Nov 2008, 13:03:14 UTC Got a shorty flood here! Yay! "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. ID: 827196 ·

Blurf Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8964 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0	Message 827340 - Posted: 5 Nov 2008, 21:53:18 UTC Shorties don't bug me...they're still credits. ID: 827340 ·

BarryAZ Send message Joined: 1 Apr 01 Posts: 2580 Credit: 16,982,517 RAC: 0	Message 827366 - Posted: 5 Nov 2008, 23:26:12 UTC - in response to Message 827184. The upload server is still very fragile -- then again it has only been 24 hours from the weekly 6 hour outage and these days full recovery from that outage takes between 2 and 20 times the length of the outage. Just done an update as I have got two WUS to report and it took nearly 2 minutes for it to do. Have to do an update when I have an AP waiting to be done. ID: 827366 ·

Rudy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Jun 99 Posts: 189 Credit: 794,998 RAC: 0	Message 827588 - Posted: 6 Nov 2008, 16:38:33 UTC - in response to Message 827168. Ready to send queue has work available, system does not seem to want to give me any. Down to my last result, starting to build debt. 06/11/2008 9:09:55 AM\|SETI@home\|Starting 14oc08ad.14270.10706.15.8.143_1 06/11/2008 9:09:55 AM\|SETI@home\|Starting task 14oc08ad.14270.10706.15.8.143_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 528 06/11/2008 9:17:58 AM\|SETI@home\|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 5185 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 06/11/2008 9:18:24 AM\|SETI@home\|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks ID: 827588 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 828455 - Posted: 8 Nov 2008, 22:48:14 UTC Last modified: 8 Nov 2008, 22:50:26 UTC Nothing appears to be broken as such (Scarecrow's Graphs show everything is good (and i notice there are now graphs there for Astropulse as well)), but the network graphs are showing a lot of inbound traffic, even though the outbound isn't very high. And it's been that way for a while now. Grant Darwin NT ID: 828455 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 828988 - Posted: 10 Nov 2008, 17:45:15 UTC Something's definately not right. I'm getting more & more "No work available" messages, even though there is, and on the 2nd, 3rd or 4th attempt it will finally be allocated & download. And the inbound traffic continues to climb, even though the outbound still remains at quite low levels. Grant Darwin NT ID: 828988 ·

[B^S] madmac Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Feb 04 Posts: 1175 Credit: 4,754,897 RAC: 0	Message 828991 - Posted: 10 Nov 2008, 17:48:44 UTC I have had just downloaded it seems that we are in the 'shorties' again. ID: 828991 ·

[B^S] madmac Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Feb 04 Posts: 1175 Credit: 4,754,897 RAC: 0	Message 829579 - Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 9:40:39 UTC - in response to Message 828991. I have had just downloaded it seems that we are in the 'shorties' again. Spoken too soon now getting no new work messages will wait it is bound to clear up ID: 829579 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51522 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 829594 - Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 12:19:24 UTC There is a problem right now...... Server status shows 0 ready to send, and the Scarecrow Graphs also show ready to send has dwindled and the splitter activity has slowed way down...... Something has tanked again....probably until today's maintenance outage. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 829594 ·

Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0	Message 829606 - Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 13:39:26 UTC . . . Database/file status [right cha' be Mark . . .] Results ready to send 0 0 16m Current result creation rate 12.8182/sec 0.0769/sec 7m Results out in the field 3,531,444 172,540 16m Results received in last hour 57,337 809 0m Result turnaround time (last hour average) 53.49 hours 215.60 hours 0m Results returned and awaiting validation 2,510,686 163,047 16m Workunits waiting for validation 53 1 16m Workunits waiting for assimilation 533 8 16m Workunit files waiting for deletion 621,494 88 16m Result files waiting for deletion 622,890 60 16m Workunits waiting for db purging 274,889 9,035 16m Results waiting for db purging 1,207,101 24,167 16m Transitioner backlog (hours) 0 0m BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . ID: 829606 ·

Rudy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Jun 99 Posts: 189 Credit: 794,998 RAC: 0	Message 829633 - Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 16:03:46 UTC - in response to Message 829594. There is a problem right now...... Server status shows 0 ready to send, and the Scarecrow Graphs also show ready to send has dwindled and the splitter activity has slowed way down...... Something has tanked again....probably until today's maintenance outage. The problem started on the 10th when something went wrong in the deletion process. It just took until now for the queues to fill and the splitters to slow down. Server Bruno who has been acting up since his OS upgrade a few weeks back. All the details are in the tech news threads. It likely will extend the shutdown since I recall reading that they like the queues to be empty before they do a backup during the shutdown. ID: 829633 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51522 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 829634 - Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 16:11:10 UTC - in response to Message 829633. There is a problem right now...... Server status shows 0 ready to send, and the Scarecrow Graphs also show ready to send has dwindled and the splitter activity has slowed way down...... Something has tanked again....probably until today's maintenance outage. The problem started on the 10th when something went wrong in the deletion process. It just took until now for the queues to fill and the splitters to slow down. Server Bruno who has been acting up since his OS upgrade a few weeks back. All the details are in the tech news threads. It likely will extend the shutdown since I recall reading that they like the queues to be empty before they do a backup during the shutdown. You could indeed be correct on both counts...... The 7 Day Scarecrow Graphs do show the 'awaiting deletion' stats continuously rising since sometime on the 10th....and there is only so much storage space available.... Good observation. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 829634 ·

Byron S Goodgame Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Jan 06 Posts: 1145 Credit: 3,936,993 RAC: 0	Message 829689 - Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 1:14:43 UTC Just curious if anyone has started getting work yet since after the outage? ID: 829689 ·

JohnAlton Send message Joined: 28 Aug 01 Posts: 54 Credit: 164,417,653 RAC: 369	Message 829719 - Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 2:33:24 UTC - in response to Message 829689. Not a drop here... ID: 829719 ·

JohnAlton Send message Joined: 28 Aug 01 Posts: 54 Credit: 164,417,653 RAC: 369	Message 829743 - Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 3:16:29 UTC - in response to Message 829719. Last modified: 13 Nov 2008, 3:16:46 UTC Not a drop here... UPDATE: 10 drops received. Well, it's a start. ID: 829743 ·

Byron S Goodgame Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Jan 06 Posts: 1145 Credit: 3,936,993 RAC: 0	Message 829747 - Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 3:21:21 UTC - in response to Message 829743. Not a drop here... UPDATE: 10 drops received. Well, it's a start. Flowing here again. ID: 829747 ·

arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 829755 - Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 4:32:25 UTC Not a drop available for my iMac. ID: 829755 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51522 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 829759 - Posted: 13 Nov 2008, 5:10:58 UTC Just got a few for one of my rigs, and the demand shown on the Cricket Graph seems to be slowing a bit.... Sooooooooo....hopefully that means the splitters can play a little catch-up and WUs will be in a bit more abundant supply soon..... "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 829759 ·

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