Once again not much hardware/server stuff to report. I guess the ap_validator "2" is failing due to seg faults. A fact that is obscured on the server status page (due to automatic parsing of configuration files) is that the ap_validator "2" does strictly astropulse_v5 workunits, while ap_validator "1" validates older astropulse workunits. In any case, I warned Josh, he's looking into it, etc. Probably a broken result file/database entry is causing it to seg fault and quit before doing very much.

Today was mostly conceptualizing/programming again for me, though focused back on radar blanking stuff as I should really get this done. I'm getting bogged down with "ragged files" - where the chunks of data aren't nearly ordered, thus causing confusion about where the software/hardware blanking bits are. This usually isn't a problem, except when a particular raw data file is ragged at the top or bottom, and the chunk containing blanking information needed by adjacent chunks is actually at the end of the previous file, or at the beginning of the next, or nowhere to be found at all.

- Matt

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-- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person
-- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude

Thank you as always for the update.

Hope you manage to progress with the Blanking code soon, your work will be very much appreciated by all, no matter how long it takes to complete.

Yosemite thread titles for this month? ? :-)

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Once again not much hardware/server stuff to report. I guess the ap_validator "2" is failing due to seg faults. A fact that is obscured on the server status page (due to automatic parsing of configuration files) is that the ap_validator "2" does strictly astropulse_v5 workunits, while ap_validator "1" validates older astropulse workunits. In any case, I warned Josh, he's looking into it, etc. Probably a broken result file/database entry is causing it to seg fault and quit before doing very much.


- Matt

Thanks for the info Matt. I guess that's why my pendings are so high for astropulse.

regards, Gizbar.

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A proud GPU User Server Donor!

I don't care what they say, seti or not. The answer is still 42 !

From one Brit to another, I always thought "The answer was a Lemon".

I guess the ap_validator "2" is failing due to seg faults.

It came to life a little while ago, and has already run the reported WU waiting for validation number down to one from a peak near twelve thousand.

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Well I am gratefull for these post by you Matt, never had so much fun reading them keep up the good work, I need to play lottery to help you out, (Dream on)

Cheers Dude

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<ying>
I, for one, want to commend Matt and related staff for what appears to be a very stable server system in recent days. Things seem to be rock solid and no obvious problems. Plus, the system seems robust enough to handle the mid-night bursts of traffic. Good job!
</ying>

<yang>
Now what is on the agenda to improve things to the next level of performance??
</yang>

<yang>
Now what is on the agenda to improve things to the next level of performance??
</yang>

Convincing people not to remark on how well things are going, so we can avoid the wrath of Murphy. ;)

I respect Murphy, but Matt et all need a few kudos from us "rational objectivists" at times.