Due to recent problems we are doing a deep cleaning of one of our larger databases. Update: though we are still working on the database, we were able to start workunit generation again over the weekend.

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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

Good luck.

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Thanks for the update, Good Luck too.

Claggy

Seti@home isn't dead, merely resting between acts, long live S@H ;-)

P.

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Thank you for the update! We know the project will be back up and running as soon as you guys are done with the fixings! :)

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Thanks for the heads up.

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Due to recent problems we are doing a deep cleaning of one of our larger databases. This is unfortunately progressing slower than expected, and keeping us from generating new work. We might be in this state until next week.

Would it make sense to schedule a periodic "deep cleaning" on a planned interval? Perhaps once every 3 or 6 months? To keep the dbs less grumpy until a better solution can be determined.

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SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours
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Well that answers my question,I had no running tasks,when sometimes I would have 2.Does anyone know how much data is left to process?Im sure its some unearthly amount.

Thanks for the Info excited to run work on my New workhorse of a comp!! I just hit 1 Million credits earned!!

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My heating unit, I mean computer, is getting cold without units to run. :-) Thanks for the update.

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Thanks for the update. Was wondering why I was not getting work.

The visual Data Activity screen shows WU going out at 29/sec. I'm confused.

I'm not getting any units. Cricket shows low data rates.

The visual Data Activity screen shows WU going out at 29/sec. I'm confused.

I'm not getting any units. Cricket shows low data rates.

I just looked, and the rates were 9.2/sec. But the caption says this is a visualization of 5 minutes of data transfer captured sometime in the past 24 hours. It ain't real-time info, just a pretty picture.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Seti@home isn't dead, merely resting between acts, long live S@H ;-)

P.

Seti is merely pining for the fjords

or waiting for the cart

Large Man: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?

"Dead" Man: I feel happy. I feel happy.

[The collecter paces for an idea, then whacks the body with his club, solving the problem]

Large Man: Ah, thank you very much.

Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

Large Man: Right.

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Seti@home isn't dead, merely resting between acts, long live S@H ;-)

P.

Seti is merely pining for the fjords

or waiting for the cart

Large Man: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?

"Dead" Man: I feel happy. I feel happy.

[The collecter paces for an idea, then whacks the body with his club, solving the problem]

Large Man: Ah, thank you very much.

Dead Collector: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

Large Man: Right.

Right comedy group, wrong sketch...

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

Well that answers my question,I had no running tasks,when sometimes I would have 2.Does anyone know how much data is left to process?Im sure its some unearthly amount.

Actually, it's a near-infinite amount, limited only by the time that Aracibo turns on one specific receiver (which Seti piggy-backs on) and how many "Tapes" (used to be, now disk drives...) are available at Aracibo... In the process of debugging are processes for "tapes" from Greenbank and (further away from production...) from the LOFAR array

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

RE the new visualization: (and not meaning to hijack the thread...)

Couldn't the time spent programming this have been better spent on other problems currently infesting both Seti and Beta? (like parts of the website that don't work: the "Science Status" page, for exmple...)


Just askin'... (runs for cover...)

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Hello, from Albany, CA!...

I believe the science status page was disabled because of the database workload it causes.

The date of the last update still shows the exact time of a major database crash, so they are probably being cautious about it.

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Thanks for the update Matt. We all look forward to getting new work
Units once the cleaning is finished. :)

Dr. Ronald C. Spencer
Astronomer Emeritus

Thanks, I wondered what was up