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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13882 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 ![]() ![]() |
And still more timeouts. Grant Darwin NT |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 ![]() ![]() |
And still Very Boring! Somebody KICK Something...Please. ![]() I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
TBar Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768 ![]() ![]() |
Timeouts, Timeouts, Timeouts!!!!!!! I snagged a couple more Time Outs. I thought the Virus Scanner Crash had something to do with the last ones, but, there was no crash this time. I ran down my nVidia cache so I could switch back to CUDA23s on my old card and was trying to refill it. Here are the times; 11/17/2012 10:23:17 PM | | Using proxy info from GUI 11/17/2012 10:23:17 PM | | Using HTTP proxy 173.224.215.173:3128 11/17/2012 10:23:24 PM | SETI@home | update requested by user 11/17/2012 10:23:30 PM | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 11/17/2012 10:23:30 PM | SETI@home | Reporting 7 completed tasks 11/17/2012 10:23:30 PM | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA and ATI 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 20 new tasks 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 20au12ad.15117.7020.140733193388035.10.204_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.79_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.137_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.158_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 08se12ac.15079.21335.140733193388045.10.209_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.17_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.20_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.23_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 10se12aa.21403.16018.140733193388040.10.29_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.32_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 26fe12ab.13174.480.140733193388045.10.226_4 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 30se12ad.8531.113216.140733193388035.10.209_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 30se12ad.8531.116488.140733193388035.10.29_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 29se12ab.27923.13155.140733193388044.10.10_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 30se12ad.696.120987.140733193388036.10.153_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 30se12aa.13934.25016.6.10.174_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 10se12aa.21403.16018.140733193388040.10.25_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.70_2 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 10se12aa.21403.16018.140733193388040.10.28_3 11/17/2012 10:24:08 PM | SETI@home | Resent lost task 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.73_2 11/17/2012 10:24:10 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 20au12ad.15117.7020.140733193388035.10.204 11/17/2012 10:24:10 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.79 11/17/2012 10:24:23 PM | SETI@home | Finished download of 20au12ad.15117.7020.140733193388035.10.204 11/17/2012 10:24:23 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.137 11/17/2012 10:24:24 PM | SETI@home | Finished download of 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.79 11/17/2012 10:24:24 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.158 11/17/2012 10:24:30 PM | SETI@home | Finished download of 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.137 11/17/2012 10:24:30 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 08se12ac.15079.21335.140733193388045.10.209 11/17/2012 10:24:38 PM | SETI@home | Finished download of 08se12ac.15079.21335.140733193388045.10.209 11/17/2012 10:24:38 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 09se12ab.18967.315158.140733193388048.10.17 11/17/2012 10:24:57 PM | | Suspending network activity - user request 11/17/2012 10:25:06 PM | | Using proxy info from GUI 11/17/2012 10:25:06 PM | | Not using a proxy 11/17/2012 10:25:11 PM | | Resuming network activity 11/17/2012 10:25:11 PM | SETI@home | Started download of 08se12ac.14602.22153.140733193388044.10.158... Then I got; 2718613438 1088129501 18 Nov 2012 | 2:20:30 UTC 18 Nov 2012 | 2:30:53 UTC Timed out - no response 2718613436 1088129393 18 Nov 2012 | 2:20:30 UTC 18 Nov 2012 | 2:30:53 UTC Timed out - no response 2718613434 1088129387 18 Nov 2012 | 2:20:30 UTC 18 Nov 2012 | 2:30:53 UTC Timed out - no response... http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=6797524&offset=0&show_names=0&state=6&appid= I never got these without the proxy. At least I'm back to my limit... |
Lee Gresham ![]() Send message Joined: 12 Aug 03 Posts: 159 Credit: 130,116,228 RAC: 0 ![]() |
And just to make things even better how about mini work units when you do get some work. I bet that helps the scheduler overload! Delta-V |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 ![]() ![]() |
In the previous iteration of this thread, someone was talking about how Macs and other "weak sister" systems seem to be faring much better than Windows systems. Not wishing to add insult to injury, but all 4 of my systems, both WinXP and Mac G4s, are having little or no problem communicating with the Scheduler and servers. Timeouts happen about 1 in 10 attempts, and usually go through on the next try, depending on time of day (PST/UTC-8). Downloads are slow (1-5 KBps), but they get through. All systems go through the same ADSL modem to AT&T PacBell. The G4 is direct-connect, the iBook has an AirPort Wifi card, and the XP boxes are on USB Wifi modems. The G4s are running BOINC 6.10.58 and 6.10.60, caches set to 0 + 3 days; and both the XP boxes are running 7.0.28, caches are set at 2 + 0.5 days. Hope this is useful information. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 11 Jun 99 Posts: 212 Credit: 43,822,095 RAC: 0 ![]() |
some people have bashed the project so many times I wonder what they are in for ? Is it a competion who has the highest RAC or are there some people still here who know the core surpose of this project : Finding E.T. some day in the future If the project goes cold for a while due to circumstances beyond the control of the volunteers working at Berkeley ($$$$!) and you don't like it why don't you just move on... No hard feelings ;-) I remember last year around this time we had a mega outage of over a month didn't we and most of you still came back... I also have to work with limits, proxy's and a lot of "manual care" for the project, my RAC has also dropped about 4000 but it's the end result that counts. Have a wonderful sunday anyway wherever you are on our tiny planet ! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 ![]() |
+1 Pluto will always be a planet to me. ![]() Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
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If admins deserve "bashing" then it's this: they could literally take 3 minutes of their time and write a front page news post, mentioning timeout/network problems, so volunteers would know it's not problem on their side. Right now, we have people posting their problems all over the place in every subforum, reinstalling boinc, rebooting, (un)plugging network cables, looking for proxies, etc... ![]() |
juan BFP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 ![]() ![]() |
some people have bashed the project so many times I wonder what they are in for ? Is it a competion who has the highest RAC or are there some people still here who know the core surpose of this project : You forget something, the origin of the problem is because they use the resources of SETI and try to run AP on that, so if they keep the focus on the main project Finding E.T. nothing like that could be happening. The is crystal clear, the actual configurarion (founds, staff, bandwith, server, router, who else, makes no diference) can´t handle the 2 projects runing at full capacity at the same time something must be done quickly. ![]() |
Richard Haselgrove ![]() Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14686 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 ![]() ![]() |
some people have bashed the project so many times I wonder what they are in for ? Is it a competion who has the highest RAC or are there some people still here who know the core surpose of this project : From Astropulse FAQ: Astropulse is a new type of SETI. It expands on the original SETI@home, but does not replace it. The original SETI@home searches for narrowband signals, as does a conventional AM or FM radio. Astropulse, on the other hand, listens for broader-band, short-time pulses. In addition to ET, Astropulse might detect other sources, such as... That doesn't detract from your main point, which is that the unmanaged and unregulated attempt to run both halves (of the same project) on the same inadequate infrastructure at the same time is counter-productive. We have passed the point of diminishing returns. |
W-K 666 ![]() Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19481 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 ![]() ![]() |
If admins deserve "bashing" then it's this: they could literally take 3 minutes of their time and write a front page news post, mentioning timeout/network problems, so volunteers would know it's not problem on their side. Do you realise how many people do NOT read the front page? It is probably in the same ballpark as people who read the manual, and that is in single percentage figures. The reason RTFM appears so often backs up that calaim. |
Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0 ![]() |
And just to make things even better how about mini work units when you do get some work. I bet that helps the scheduler overload! The ghosts created November 4 which were shorties have now missed deadline. I've just been looking at the task list for a host which had 1091 tasks "sent" Nov. 4 yesterday, now has 792 errors for deadline missed. Joe |
Richard Haselgrove ![]() Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14686 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 ![]() ![]() |
And just to make things even better how about mini work units when you do get some work. I bet that helps the scheduler overload! And I'm sure I've got at least some of the resends. A very high proportion of this morning's shorties have been replication _2, _3, _4 |
Mark Lybeck Send message Joined: 9 Aug 99 Posts: 245 Credit: 216,677,290 RAC: 173 ![]() ![]() |
Could it be that an old hub is connected to the network and someone accidentially pushed x-over / vs straight connection button on it causing Rx/Tx to loop indefinetly clogging up all available bandwidth? Someone at SETI could run Wireshark to see what is going on there. |
juan BFP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 ![]() ![]() |
I agree 100% with you, and something must stay clear i have nothing against AP (i even crunch it) and don´t ask for compleate AP or MB stop, i just think, before we go to mars we need to develop the technology to stay in the space for almost a year, or the mars project will end on a disaster. You point a possible and high confidence hypotesis for the origin of the problem, so why not make a "pit-stop" and check? is clear the actual situation goes from bad to worst as days are passing (did you notice the increase in number of pendings? Soon they will need to stop to clear them, but that is another problem for another time) Or in another perspective, if they know they can´t mantain both project running at 100%, why don´t slow both to a confortable speed (one that make less painfull to everybody obtain their WU) at least until Matt returns and realy finds/fix the problem? Thats i call right management. Until them i take the extreme option, activate another project, starting to cruching Einstein for a while, but realy don´t feel confortable with that. My real quest is not for RAC, i realy whant to help to find out little green ET friend (or enemy who knows?). ![]() |
fkjgsklfjgisojfg Send message Joined: 12 Jan 12 Posts: 1 Credit: 2,664,239 RAC: 0 ![]() |
THE ALIENS HAVE CRASHED MY COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
WezH Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 576 Credit: 67,033,957 RAC: 95 ![]() ![]() |
Thunder is out of work (again)... 18/11/2012 04:26:21 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 07:18:15 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 10:39:04 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 10:46:17 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 10:53:06 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 10:58:21 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 20 new tasks 18/11/2012 11:09:07 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 11:37:09 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 11:46:46 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 11:59:50 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 12:23:44 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 12:52:56 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 13:54:27 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 15:11:15 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached 18/11/2012 17:55:34 | SETI@home | Scheduler request failed: Timeout was reached In 13 hours, only 1 request out of 15 completed. In that completed request 51 completed tasks were reported and those 20 lost tasks were sent. "Please keep Your signature under four lines so Internet traffic doesn't go up too much" - In 1992 when I had my first e-mail address - |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
Thunder is out of work (again)... You can increase your chances of getting work by setting No New Tasks, getting your completed tasks reported, then set a small enough cache so only one or two tasks are resent at once, then scheduler requests are more likely to get through, increase cache level in 0.1 day increments as work is resent. Or use a proxy. Claggy |
WezH Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 576 Credit: 67,033,957 RAC: 95 ![]() ![]() |
Thunder is out of work (again)... Yep, I know that but as I did say: All right, all my active crunchers are now in mode "Set & Forget" This is just a test to see what happens without user action, and we are seeing results. |
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