Seems to be a lot of server crashes lately, I just have to wonder how well the COLO facility is looking after them.

Cheers.

From what I understand, the COLO provides, rack space, solid power, AC and a big fast pipe to the outside world. Plus someone who can reboot a server if it cannot be rebooted remotely.

It does not provide new hardware, that is the same as was in the lab and is nothing to do with the COLO

I am sure the guys at the COLO do not have direct access to login into the servers and do not monitor each one. That is the job of the owners, in this case SET@Home.

As I see it the problems are still 100% SETI hardware or software, COLO has no bearing on the current problems

Unless they are not keeping up with their end on the power conditioning or cooling.
Dunno.
Most of these servers are just a few years old. I might suspect PSU aging before anything else. If that is the case, a few modestly priced PSU replacements might bring back the old Marvin server for further use. Don't know if da boyz in da lab have done any testing in that regard.

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You're right Bernie, unless of course the rack space isn't being properly cooled.

Cheers.

At this point, we don't even know if this was a hardware or software crash.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

At this point, we don't even know if this was a hardware or software crash.

Indeed we do not, but whatever I doubt the COLO is to blame. I remember seeing that the LAB is paying for the COLO, in that case it would be embarrassing for the COLO if servers were failing all over the place due to their power or AC.

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By SSP: BOINC master database oscar Disabled

the DB is still recovering after almost 24 hs?

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By SSP: BOINC master database oscar Disabled

the DB is still recovering after almost 24 hs?

I believe the master database server crashed hard, and we're running on the replica as current master.

Seems to be a lot of server crashes lately, I just have to wonder how well the COLO facility is looking after them.

Cheers.

From what I understand, the COLO provides, rack space, solid power, AC and a big fast pipe to the outside world. Plus someone who can reboot a server if it cannot be rebooted remotely.

It does not provide new hardware, that is the same as was in the lab and is nothing to do with the COLO

I am sure the guys at the COLO do not have direct access to login into the servers and do not monitor each one. That is the job of the owners, in this case SET@Home.

As I see it the problems are still 100% SETI hardware or software, COLO has no bearing on the current problems

Basic colo services I have come across are normally just:
$xx/mo per RU.
UPS & generator backed power.
Internet access at xxMb/s, given for the paid tier, or connection to users 3rd party provider, if allowed.
Staff to push buttons on request. x number of instances/hours a month free $xx per instance/hour after.

Then if you want monitoring of IPMI or baby sitting of your equipment beyond that the pricing tend to go up quite a lot.

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Seems to be a lot of server crashes lately, I just have to wonder how well the COLO facility is looking after them.

Cheers.

From what I understand, the COLO provides, rack space, solid power, AC and a big fast pipe to the outside world. Plus someone who can reboot a server if it cannot be rebooted remotely.

It does not provide new hardware, that is the same as was in the lab and is nothing to do with the COLO

I am sure the guys at the COLO do not have direct access to login into the servers and do not monitor each one. That is the job of the owners, in this case SET@Home.

As I see it the problems are still 100% SETI hardware or software, COLO has no bearing on the current problems

Basic colo services I have come across are normally just:
$xx/mo per RU.
UPS & generator backed power.
Internet access at xxMb/s, given for the paid tier, or connection to users 3rd party provider, if allowed.
Staff to push buttons on request. x number of instances/hours a month free $xx per instance/hour after.

Then if you want monitoring of IPMI or baby sitting of your equipment beyond that the pricing tend to go up quite a lot.

All very similar in http://ist.berkeley.edu/files/DataCenterColocationSLA-20130521.pdf

Seems to be a lot of server crashes lately, I just have to wonder how well the COLO facility is looking after them.

Cheers.

From what I understand, the COLO provides, rack space, solid power, AC and a big fast pipe to the outside world. Plus someone who can reboot a server if it cannot be rebooted remotely.

It does not provide new hardware, that is the same as was in the lab and is nothing to do with the COLO

I am sure the guys at the COLO do not have direct access to login into the servers and do not monitor each one. That is the job of the owners, in this case SET@Home.

As I see it the problems are still 100% SETI hardware or software, COLO has no bearing on the current problems

Basic colo services I have come across are normally just:
$xx/mo per RU.
UPS & generator backed power.
Internet access at xxMb/s, given for the paid tier, or connection to users 3rd party provider, if allowed.
Staff to push buttons on request. x number of instances/hours a month free $xx per instance/hour after.

Then if you want monitoring of IPMI or baby sitting of your equipment beyond that the pricing tend to go up quite a lot.

All very similar in http://ist.berkeley.edu/files/DataCenterColocationSLA-20130521.pdf

I had tired to find that after my post but didn't remember the location. The services a colo offers seem fairly universal in my checking for personal and work use.

Everyone just needs to remember the colo doesn't come with 24/7 server admins. The same staff of, 3ish?, guys are still the one admining the boxen. Who require things like sleep, have other duties/responsibilities, & sometimes take their own personal time on weekends to fix things.

Personally I am impressed with how quickly they were able to find the time to get the AP server swapped out.

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AP Assimilator & Validator backlogs continue to grow.

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Grant
Darwin NT

but a machine like Juan's only has a few minutes grace.

Very few minutes... I still hate the 100WU limit... At least my electric bill will be lower this month. :(

<edit> GPU´s don´t count in the equation.

I don't like the 100wu limit either, for the cpu here the limit is technically good enough, as the wu's last for 4.5-9 days with just 2 cores being used, for the gpu(s) it's starvation practically, It would be better to have the gpu limit at 100 per gpu, but those in charge have decided otherwise.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I felt a great disturbance in the Force. Are we going down again?

It's been up for a couple of days now, so we're due.

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Grant
Darwin NT

I felt a great disturbance in the Force. Are we going down again?

Sorry, that was just me passing wind. :-O

Cheers.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force. Are we going down again?

Sorry, that was just me passing wind. :-O

Cheers.

Effects of the fried rice?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force. Are we going down again?

Sorry, that was just me passing wind. :-O

Cheers.

Effects of the fried rice?

Or a slightly gassier batch of beer.

Cheers.

I keep getting the following messages from SETI, but no wu's. Even when I suspend other programs.
3/9/2014 8:47:38 AM | SETI@home | update requested by user
3/9/2014 8:47:42 AM | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
3/9/2014 8:47:42 AM | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need
3/9/2014 8:47:45 AM | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed
Anyone has any suggestions, please?
By the way Happy Almost 15th Anniversary.

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I keep getting the following messages from SETI, but no wu's. Even when I suspend other programs.
3/9/2014 8:47:38 AM | SETI@home | update requested by user
3/9/2014 8:47:42 AM | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
3/9/2014 8:47:42 AM | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need
3/9/2014 8:47:45 AM | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed
Anyone has any suggestions, please?
By the way Happy Almost 15th Anniversary.

A lot of people have been having this problem with 7.2.39 (seems to be a buggy version) and updating to 7.2.42 has fixed it for them.

Cheers.

No new tapes coming?

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No stock MB on a BOINC 6.10.58 laptop. AP on my 7.2.41 workstation.
Tullio

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No stock MB on a BOINC 6.10.58 laptop.

It hasn't contacted the project since 2 Mar 2014, if it doesn't ask, it doesn't get, But it does have work from Test4Theory and Einstein:

In progress tasks for computer 62554 at Test4Theory

In progress tasks for computer 8444797 at Einstein

Claggy