Panic Mode On (109) Server Problems?

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Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14690 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874	Message 1913460 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 10:08:55 UTC - in response to Message 1913459. Yes. "Being processed" on the SSP means that work has started on that tape. But when the splitters are paused (e.g. for maintenance yesterday), or when new tapes are loaded, the tape selection mechanism sometimes picks a different tape for processing. So then the old tape goes into a 'waiting to run' state, such as we sometimes see on our BOINC Managers - except you can't see it on the SSP. Those are your ghosts: they are very common, even if you haven't noticed them before. And they're nothing to worry about - eventually the tape selection process will pick them out again and give them another go. ID: 1913460 ·

Piotr Send message Joined: 24 May 17 Posts: 18 Credit: 20,069,282 RAC: 41	Message 1913473 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 12:12:06 UTC Look's like after each servicing outage the project getting worse maladies ... ID: 1913473 ·

juan BFP Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799	Message 1913476 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 12:41:50 UTC Murphy`s Law. Nothing is so bad that can not get worse. ID: 1913476 ·

Brent Norman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835	Message 1913477 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 12:47:23 UTC - in response to Message 1913476. Well our first found message could contain "Incoming Nuke, Take Cover!" ID: 1913477 ·

Ghia Send message Joined: 7 Feb 17 Posts: 238 Credit: 28,911,438 RAC: 50	Message 1913482 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 13:30:57 UTC Actually, Seti@Home is not much fun any more, with the outages, droughts, problems, speculations...and CreditScrew. Sorry about being so pessimistic, folks.... ;-) ...Ghia... Humans may rule the world...but bacteria run it... ID: 1913482 ·

Chris904395093209d Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 1 Jan 01 Posts: 112 Credit: 29,923,129 RAC: 6	Message 1913486 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 13:47:29 UTC - in response to Message 1913482. Actually, Seti@Home is not much fun any more, with the outages, droughts, problems, speculations...and CreditScrew. Sorry about being so pessimistic, folks.... ;-) +1 ~Chris ID: 1913486 ·

Piotr Send message Joined: 24 May 17 Posts: 18 Credit: 20,069,282 RAC: 41	Message 1913487 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 13:48:22 UTC It was fun back in 2000 since my first account that I somehow lost access to it. Now it's about transitioning mankind to a new level of insight, awarness or identity. Will we setizens ever be allowed to know what our work reveals ? ID: 1913487 ·

Stargate (SA) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Mar 10 Posts: 1854 Credit: 2,258,721 RAC: 0	Message 1913488 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 13:52:24 UTC - in response to Message 1913477. It has fluffy arm floaties please be aware they fart on inpact.. ID: 1913488 ·

Stargate (SA) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Mar 10 Posts: 1854 Credit: 2,258,721 RAC: 0	Message 1913491 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 13:53:34 UTC - in response to Message 1913487. Last modified: 17 Jan 2018, 13:55:38 UTC World yes.....USA NO... going to bed as USA piss me off ID: 1913491 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51519 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1913493 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 13:58:27 UTC - in response to Message 1913482. Actually, Seti@Home is not much fun any more, with the outages, droughts, problems, speculations...and CreditScrew. Sorry about being so pessimistic, folks.... ;-) ...Ghia... Well, you have to be optimistic when running Seti. That's what it's really all about. Being optimistic that we may find that proof we are all looking for. Meow! "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1913493 ·

Dr.Diesel Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 41 Credit: 123,695,755 RAC: 139	Message 1913494 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:00:52 UTC - in response to Message 1913482. Actually, Seti@Home is not much fun any more, with the outages, droughts, problems, speculations...and CreditScrew. Sorry about being so pessimistic, folks.... ;-) ...Ghia... I reluctantly admit to similar feelings. Though I'm not quite ready to jump ship yet, any other Space/SciFi/Alien projects that more or less provide 24-7 work with an interactive project staff? (and Linux GPU support) ID: 1913494 ·

Ghia Send message Joined: 7 Feb 17 Posts: 238 Credit: 28,911,438 RAC: 50	Message 1913497 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:24:19 UTC - in response to Message 1913494. Actually, Seti@Home is not much fun any more, with the outages, droughts, problems, speculations...and CreditScrew. Sorry about being so pessimistic, folks.... ;-) ...Ghia... I reluctantly admit to similar feelings. Though I'm not quite ready to jump ship yet, any other Space/SciFi/Alien projects that more or less provide 24-7 work with an interactive project staff? (and Linux GPU support) I second that. What prompted me to post this, was the sudden thought that if the project was a company reliant on revenue from customers, they would have been out of business a long time ago, Yes, I know the issue of funding is involved here...but I fear that is not the whole issue. I'm not quite ready to jump ship, either, I'm here of my own free will, as we all are, but to do this kind of 'voluntary work' there needs to be an element of fun or satisfaction involved, imho. Optimism for finding intelligent life "out there" is wearing thin right now. Humans may rule the world...but bacteria run it... ID: 1913497 ·

BoMbY Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8 Credit: 759,919 RAC: 0	Message 1913499 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:29:33 UTC If they would at least communicate more ... In this case: What's the problem? What do they need to make it better? Something like that? In general: It would be nice to see some results from all the work people are doing, at least once per year, or so ... ID: 1913499 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 1913500 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:47:51 UTC - in response to Message 1913499. If they would at least communicate more ... In this case: What's the problem? What do they need to make it better? Something like that? It's a quarter to seven in the morning in San Francisco. You expect someone to be working on things and communicating that to you at that time? ID: 1913500 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51519 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1913502 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:49:24 UTC - in response to Message 1913500. If they would at least communicate more ... In this case: What's the problem? What do they need to make it better? Something like that? It's a quarter to seven in the morning in San Francisco. You expect someone to be working on things and communicating that to you at that time? I believe he is speaking in more general terms. Not as of this moment. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 1913502 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22712 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1913504 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 14:54:34 UTC - in response to Message 1913493. Well, you have to be optimistic when running Seti. That's what it's really all about. Being optimistic that we may find that proof we are all looking for. Meow! Mark & the Kitties: I think that sums it up nicely Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1913504 ·

Sleepy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 219 Credit: 98,947,784 RAC: 28,360	Message 1913515 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 15:51:52 UTC - in response to Message 1913504. Mark & the Kitties: I think that sums it up nicely +1 ID: 1913515 ·

Cactus Bob Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 209 Credit: 10,924,287 RAC: 29	Message 1913517 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 15:57:38 UTC Well If we being optimistic then the good news is ,,,,,,,,, The replica is keeping up with no issues since the Tuesday outrage. That doesn't happen often. Bob Sometimes I wonder, what happened to all the people I gave directions to? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SETI@home classic workunits 4,321 SETI@home classic CPU time 22,169 hours ID: 1913517 ·

marsinph Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Apr 01 Posts: 172 Credit: 23,823,824 RAC: 0	Message 1913520 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 16:18:38 UTC I just get 36 WU !!! ID: 1913520 ·

Cruncher-American Send message Joined: 25 Mar 02 Posts: 1513 Credit: 370,893,186 RAC: 340	Message 1913521 - Posted: 17 Jan 2018, 16:23:31 UTC - in response to Message 1913460. Yes. "Being processed" on the SSP means that work has started on that tape. But when the splitters are paused (e.g. for maintenance yesterday), or when new tapes are loaded, the tape selection mechanism sometimes picks a different tape for processing. So then the old tape goes into a 'waiting to run' state, such as we sometimes see on our BOINC Managers - except you can't see it on the SSP. Those are your ghosts: they are very common, even if you haven't noticed them before. And they're nothing to worry about - eventually the tape selection process will pick them out again and give them another go. Thanks, Richard. I had truly not noticed this before, even though I would usually count the splitters shown on the bar graphs and match it with the number running. I might have missed a couple at one time or another because the number on the tape being processed was never explicit and I had to guess, based on the width of the darker green areas (remember when we had the cases where several got stuck on one tape?), but what I meant was that I could not remember seeing more tapes being processed than splitters running. Thanks for the explanation. ID: 1913521 ·

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