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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 19 Nov 11 Posts: 87 Credit: 420,920 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Why no Astro Pulses of late?? |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
The present tapes have already had Astropulse Wu's split from them, and are complete, Server status page Claggy |
Wedge009 ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 451 Credit: 431,396,357 RAC: 553 ![]() ![]() |
It's also evident by the fact that downloads are much, much faster than when Astropulse units are being sent out. (: Soli Deo Gloria |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
It's also evident by the fact that downloads are much, much faster than when Astropulse units are being sent out. (: Just because the Downloads are fast at the moment, doesn't mean the lack of Astropulse Wu's is totally responsible, Having a large amount of Multibeam VLAR Wu's in the pipeline also makes downloads a lot faster (VLAR Wu's aren't sent to Nvidia GPUs, so they get less work, so less downloads occur), While having a large amount of Multibeam VHAR Wu's also brings the download pipe to it's knee's, just like Astropulse, Claggy |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3252 Credit: 31,903,643 RAC: 0 ![]() |
It's also evident by the fact that downloads are much, much faster than when Astropulse units are being sent out. (: True, but O.T.O.H. AstroPulse WUs can be computated (on GPU) at the same speed as MB work is done. I assume AstroPulse work units are compressed as well, although they still are quite big compaired to an MB WU. AP WUs are 8MByte while MB is ~360KByte, IIRC. Maybe they should look for other signal-types, as well, just as MB work. And/or enhance resolution?! ![]() |
Wedge009 ![]() Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 451 Credit: 431,396,357 RAC: 553 ![]() ![]() |
AP WUs are not compressed - I remember someone raising the idea of compression a while back and the answer was that compression/decompression would cause too much extra server load. And you can read the downloaded WU in any text editor - it's just plain text. I know having lots of MB WUs that can be processed quickly (colloquially known as 'shorties', I believe) can also high download demand, but all I know from experience of my little corner of the Internet (you two in Europe may have a different experience) is that whenever AP WUs are being sent out, the demand on the server far outweighs any mere so-called 'shorty storm' - every single day I have to supervise my hosts to ensure WU downloads are not 'stuck'. It's very painful. The only thing more painful is when a 'shorty storm' happens at the same time that AP WUs are being generated. Doubly painful. ): Soli Deo Gloria |
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