I have a small mini Raspberry Pi cluster setup. (PoE)

They all are running 4 each tasks each. When I login to account under my computers, not "all" of them are listed? I am wondering why? I am guessing that maybe they are working together on the same projects? Or the ones missing aren't able to connect? But yet as I said ALL of them are working and doing tasks and reporting them.

So any ideas what I can do? If else I'll just leave them as is since it does seem to be working?......
PS if I fix this and they all get to show? Will I get a higher RAC #?

Thanks

Simplest first...
Each of the four cores on each of your RPi will be working on its own task as SETI is not capable of using more than one "cpu" core.

My first thought was that they were very new (a few hours old), but the three I can see date back to early December last year.
So, next thought is that you used two (or more) different email addresses, with two using the address you've used to sign in here, and the others with a different one.

Obviously the more you have working on a single account the more credit you will get. If they are RPi 4 you will probably get between 600 and 800 each - a bit more if they are well cooled, a bit less if they are running hot.

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No they are all on the same Email account.
I have no clue to why this is happening?
They are all linked to same account but but all is listed.
The ones I have are currently 3B+ not 4.

Credit will be somewhere between half and two-thirds of a RPi4.

Thinking what diagnostics to run and work out what is going on......
(I might be tomorrow before my brain wakes up again - 4am (UTC) is a long way back in history)

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Then yes everything "seems" to be working AND reporting just not displayed as a linked computer?
They all have the same computer names and logins.

Each should have a unique ID number (only you can see the names) - can you check these numbers and post them here (might be a bit of an issue if you can't see them on the website).

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Nope I am not able to see them numbers.
By looking at the ones that are there it seems like 5 are all linked together as 1?

I have a small mini Raspberry Pi cluster setup. (PoE)

Well it is a cluster... that is exactly how it should behave as far as I know. Only the master node would communicate with the outside under a single hostname; the compute nodes only communicate with the master node.

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Well either way it is still not correct.
It is still split up weird?

Running SETI@Home or any other BOINC project on a cluster probably is not very efficient. Cluster computing is for large single jobs that have not already been split into smaller ones for parallel processing. BOINC's work units already have been, so the overhead of having to divvy up the calculations is redundant and will detract from the output. BOINC already will use all the CPU on each node so the master node won't be able to get any more work out of the compute nodes than they already would do with just BOINC running on each as single machines.

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Mr Kevvy's comment would apply if you were running something like a Beowulf cluster, but in that case I would expect to see a single computer with a lot more than 4 CPUs on your list of computers, but there are actually three(!?) showing, each with four cores:

ID: 8881835
Details | Tasks
Cross-project stats:
1,920.98 39,578 7.14.2 ARM
ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l) [Impl 0x41 Arch 7 Variant 0x0 Part 0xd03 Rev 4]
(4 processors)

ID: 8878096
Details | Tasks
Cross-project stats:
200.28 9,926 7.14.2 ARM
ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l) [Impl 0x41 Arch 7 Variant 0x0 Part 0xd03 Rev 4]
(4 processors)

ID: 8864428
Details | Tasks
Cross-project stats:
180.16 7,028 7.6.33 ARM
ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l)
(4 processors)

So, let's take a step back....
How many RPi do you actually have? (If it is five then there may be two "missing")
Can you connect a screen to each of them, in turn, and using the "advanced view" see what the stats are for each one? (I'm hoping here that you are using the BOINC GUI as that makes life a bit easier) - on the "projects" tab the "work done" and "average work done should be more or less the same.

Right - I've found where to locate the computer id number - be warned this is not a safe or simple place to be fiddling around...
In the BOINC data directory, you should find a foler "slots", and within that a set of folders number 1 to x - in each of those there should be a file called "init_data.xml", in the first few lines of this file you will find one like: "<hostid>12345678</hostid>" - that number is the unique id for every computer that has ever attached to SETI@Home. While you are looking in the file check that the user id number is the same (that is your user identity). DO NOT try and edit the file as doing so could well result in some rather undesirable effects.....

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Right - I've found where to locate the computer id number - be warned this is not a safe or simple place to be fiddling around...

Much easier and safer way.

Use BOINC Manager, as Rob says. In Advanced view, Projects tab, click on (highlight) the SETI@Home line.

In the left hand column, click 'Properties' (bottom button, upper group). Mine says (and this is a copy'n'paste)

Computer ID
8313133

Most of the other useful fields are visible too.

While you're on each machine, set up Controlling BOINC remotely - then you won't have to keep switching those cables over - sit at a central point, and connect to each machine electronically to see what's going on inside it.

I actually have (7) pi's connected at the moment.
I'll have to get back to you on the #'s.

Thanks Richard.
(And I keep forgetting to set remote control on.....)

Scottie - when I last looked there were three listed, now four - they must be shy

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That's weird but here are the #'s. (Mental note: Bottom Up)

Raspberry Pi' #'s
8864428
Below here is the mini cluster that was setup recently. With update.
8881835
8881835
8881835
8881835
8881835
8878096
Laptop #'s
8786501

So yeah there are (5) Pi's that have the same ID.
Any clue to how this happen or to fix? Yes I have setup all the same way and same Email.
Those 5 were all setup in the same day within the same hour all back to back. Then on the last one is different was setup at a later date and added into the collective same setup. I know the laptop is irrelevant but I thought I'd add in all my #'s that I see and I gave up on my mobile app. The single Pi at top is a Pi 2B+ setup years ago, and the mini cluster are all 3B+ and setup a few months ago. Also another side note is that the 5 are all connected to the same server #. All I did was Install BOINC login the SETI @HOME and ran.

2K rac isn't bad for four pi ^^ Server seems to see them as only one ...

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So I am wondering what is wrong here? AS I said everything is working. If I have to just deal with it, it is ok.
But if there is anything I can do to fix this I am willing to try.

They are all working, the RAC is about right for four RPi running.
But why the same ID? - If they are running as a "proper" cluster then that would explain things, but you would have had to set up the cluster first and would probably had to install some clustering software onto them all. What is strange is that they report as only having four cores active, not the 16 I would expect, but that could be down to the clustering software.
Another thought, did you get one of the batch of four working then clone its memory card onto the other four, given the low performance of the RPI that might explain what is going on, but I'm not sure....

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Bob Smith
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If each Pi is running independently, and contacting the SETI server independently, then the server will get told the details of one single Pi on each contact - 4 cores, and so on.

But the server is supposed to have checks against duplicate ID numbers, and should have spotted this and given each Pi a different number after the first round of contacts - even if they were set up by cloning an SD card.

The strange thing for me is that host 8881835 is recorded as only having contacted the server 6 times since 10 Jan 2020, despite having 124 tasks.

One check that may help us see how big the wood is, and thus find the tree we want:
If you can see the access record on your router it may give a hint as to what is going on - I would expect, if the RPI are behaving as a cluster, there to be a single MAC address, but if they are independent then then there would be several MAC and IP addresses, one for each.

This is certainly a strange one.

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Bob Smith
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