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Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
The problems last week with bruno (which continue, and I'll address below) completely overshadowed problems with our radar blanking suite which suddenly was unable to convert raw data into clean data which can then be split into workunits. So we ran out of work to send out over the weekend, and I was personally unable to do anything to help the effort in figuring out why. However, immediately this morning I spotted the problem. Long story short, this was one of those cases where the wild error messages with impossible number values were obscuring the less obvious real problem, which was simply a configuration file had gone missing. I replaced this file, and new work should be coming down the pike shortly. Back to bruno: the woes continue with this system regarding its drives, though I am trying a few more things out before I throw my hands up in complete frustration. It would indeed be a shame to simply abandon this server as it has a lot to offer if it works. We'll have our server meeting later today to discuss where to go next on this front - I just wanted to give y'all an earlier than normal "heads up" today given the loss of work, etc. - Matt -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Thanks for the news, Matt. Glad you got the blanking problems sorted.....I am sure many folks will be happy to see new working coming down the pike soon. And good luck with Bruno, my friend. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6658 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Thank you Matt! These little bits of information are invaluable to us out here in crunch land. We really do enjoy knowing what's happening, and appreciate your taking the time to tell us. Steve! Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
woohoo let the good times roll In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Robert Ribbeck Send message Joined: 7 Jun 02 Posts: 644 Credit: 5,283,174 RAC: 0 |
Three cheers for Matt Hail to our chief |
Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
Good news - I was just now able to get an OS on the old bruno and reboot the system and it worked! There must have been some data gunk on the old root drives messing up the FC14 install. The installer kept crashing until I finally shredded these three drives (putting all zeros on them). Of course, we still have to figure out the RAID situation for the remaining 21 drives. We currently have no working controller in the system, so we need to decide what to do next. - Matt -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Wow!!! 2 victories in 1 day.... Well done, Sir. If a new raid controller is all it will take to fix Bruno, that is good news. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
KB7RZF Send message Joined: 15 Aug 99 Posts: 9549 Credit: 3,308,926 RAC: 2 |
Awesome new's Matt. Thanks for the quick update! |
Robert Ribbeck Send message Joined: 7 Jun 02 Posts: 644 Credit: 5,283,174 RAC: 0 |
more cheers & another Hail to the chief Matt you da man |
Peter Send message Joined: 6 Nov 09 Posts: 40 Credit: 7,805,244 RAC: 0 |
Great news matt, keep up the good work!!! |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
Thanks for the updates Matt, glad you're making progress, Claggy |
bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 861 Credit: 29,352,955 RAC: 0 |
Excellent Matt. You've certainly earned your keep this month. I suspect a new controller is just a short fund raiser away. Just say the word. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31013 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Two down, one to go. Great work. |
Robert Ribbeck Send message Joined: 7 Jun 02 Posts: 644 Credit: 5,283,174 RAC: 0 |
Excellent Matt. You've certainly earned your keep this month. if its just a controller Todd already has offered one http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=62871&nowrap=true#1069042 |
Speedy Send message Joined: 26 Jun 04 Posts: 1643 Credit: 12,921,799 RAC: 89 |
Great news all round. Thanks for all the hard work. On a side note Tech news page hasn't been updated since 13/01/11 |
Dirk Sadowski Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5 |
Matt, thanks for the news! |
[AF>EDLS] Polynesia Send message Joined: 1 Apr 09 Posts: 54 Credit: 5,361,172 RAC: 0 |
I hope you do not lose data work? Alliance Francophone |
Doug vE Send message Joined: 4 Sep 04 Posts: 47 Credit: 12,262,253 RAC: 0 |
Great news Matt, now I don't have to turn Einstein back on. I shut it down when the new servers got going so Seti could catch up after being down all that time and only Einstein was running. Hooray for Seti@Home and keep up the great work. Seti@Home Classic Work Units 413 Seti@Home Classic CPU time 3,869 hours Doug |
perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
Guess it wasn't as simple as Matt made it sound. They must have run into some more problems as there is still no new work. :-( Hope it's not too serious and they are able to get back up soon. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Guess it wasn't as simple as Matt made it sound. They must have run into some more problems as there is still no new work. :-( Hope it's not too serious and they are able to get back up soon. Ain't necessarily so. Doing anything at all with a 50 GB file takes time - even if he squirted one into the upstream end of the pipe just as he posted, we don't really know how long it takes before the complete thing emerges out of the other end of the sausage machine, ready to be mounted and offered up to the splitters. For a continuous process like this, steady-state throughput gives no indication of how long it takes to recharge the (? many parallel) pipes from a drought. |
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