Strange things happen (credit)

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Kevint Send message Joined: 22 Nov 07 Posts: 285 Credit: 1,076,786,368 RAC: 0	Message 33008 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 4:41:22 UTC - in response to Message 33005. As of 18:31 hours cst Ia. shows my account -212,571 free dc and boinc stats. ouch!!!... To be missing some is bad but to go into the hole -212,571 well that's nuts. But hey I am sure that they will work it out. DD, Wanna know what I am missing ???? A lot :) . ID: 33008 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Odd-Rod Send message Joined: 7 Sep 07 Posts: 444 Credit: 5,712,523 RAC: 0	Message 33009 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 6:19:39 UTC - in response to Message 33008. As of 18:31 hours cst Ia. shows my account -212,571 free dc and boinc stats. ouch!!!... To be missing some is bad but to go into the hole -212,571 well that's nuts. But hey I am sure that they will work it out. DD, Wanna know what I am missing ???? A lot :) No not really, considering that your RAC is higher than my total credits. :D :D ID: 33009 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Crab Send message Joined: 6 Oct 09 Posts: 25 Credit: 4,849,998 RAC: 0	Message 33010 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 6:28:39 UTC same thing to me: cutted down from about 124000 to 110000 ID: 33010 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

AriZonaMoon* Send message Joined: 29 Sep 08 Posts: 1618 Credit: 46,511,893 RAC: 0	Message 33011 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 10:29:15 UTC Last modified: 4 Nov 2009, 10:31:21 UTC Well.. I miss something too - ..but I guess that doesnt count.. LoL btw.. Stranger things have happend.. ;-p ID: 33011 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Jet Send message Joined: 26 Jun 09 Posts: 11 Credit: 3,741,663 RAC: 0	Message 33014 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 12:17:07 UTC - in response to Message 32992. There was some chenges, my loss becomes less, according to boincstats, but anyhow, still about -3,5 Kilocredits... ID: 33014 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

boosted Send message Joined: 4 Feb 08 Posts: 116 Credit: 17,263,566 RAC: 0	Message 33016 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 17:54:39 UTC Do the admins think that now possibly after the constant crashes that they could possibly upgrade the hardware? It is an obvious and enduring problem. I am not going to complain about the credit lost, crashes do happen. However the sheer frequency of the crashes and other hic-ups here are getting old. The fact that they are continuing to happen at this rate is more than a little unnerving and I am quite honestly losing faith in the project admins for not addressing them. I am also relatively sure that I am not the only one feeling this way. ID: 33016 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Dan T. Morris Send message Joined: 17 Mar 08 Posts: 165 Credit: 410,228,216 RAC: 0	Message 33026 - Posted: 4 Nov 2009, 23:30:37 UTC Hey admin,or who ever is on this week lets look at my credit loss for one minute please. After the crash the system set me back to a -212,571 for the start of the day. Now I have to have my systems do +212,571 to break even for the day then that really makes me missing 425,124 loss for the day of the crash. Am I going to be given them back? Or is this going to be one of those please go away DD,? Just curious.:) DD, ID: 33026 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

boosted Send message Joined: 4 Feb 08 Posts: 116 Credit: 17,263,566 RAC: 0	Message 33030 - Posted: 5 Nov 2009, 0:15:03 UTC Last modified: 5 Nov 2009, 0:19:03 UTC I will guess it will be one of those go away things... Funny that is just what I told my computer to do... as I went to boinc manager and detached all hosts. ID: 33030 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Travis Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 30 Aug 07 Posts: 2046 Credit: 26,480 RAC: 0	Message 33036 - Posted: 5 Nov 2009, 2:21:54 UTC - in response to Message 33030. The database crashed so some work is going to be lost. There's really nothing we can do about that -- the database needs to be restored to the last good version we had of it. We keep updates of it every day, so that's about as good as things can be. Again, I'm sorry you guys have lost a day of credit, but there's really nothing we can do about it. That's the nature of a database crash. I would have responded faster but my thesis is due in less than two weeks, and I had the flu all last week. If you've lost more than a days worth of credit from the crash, send me an email and i'll look into it -- but chances are it won't be until after I've finished my defense. ID: 33036 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Chris S Send message Joined: 20 Sep 08 Posts: 1391 Credit: 203,563,566 RAC: 0	Message 33078 - Posted: 5 Nov 2009, 19:56:09 UTC Go and get your PhD Travis, Milkyway will still be here when you get back. Best wishes and I'm sure everything will go well. :-) ID: 33078 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

steveplanetary Send message Joined: 19 May 09 Posts: 16 Credit: 20,273 RAC: 0	Message 33133 - Posted: 7 Nov 2009, 20:49:29 UTC - in response to Message 33036. The database crashed so some work is going to be lost. There's really nothing we can do about that -- the database needs to be restored to the last good version we had of it. We keep updates of it every day, so that's about as good as things can be. Keeping updates of the database every day sounds like a backup is made every day. May I suggest a RAID array, so there is always a duplicate. ID: 33133 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Dan T. Morris Send message Joined: 17 Mar 08 Posts: 165 Credit: 410,228,216 RAC: 0	Message 33135 - Posted: 7 Nov 2009, 23:04:43 UTC Best wishes on your PhD Travis. DD, ID: 33135 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

James Nunley Send message Joined: 29 Nov 07 Posts: 39 Credit: 74,300,629 RAC: 0	Message 33143 - Posted: 8 Nov 2009, 5:34:12 UTC - in response to Message 33133. [/quote]May I suggest a RAID array, so there is always a duplicate[/quote] Errr surely a raid array would just have a copy of the crashed database. Raid arrays are great if a disk stops working, but useless is the data is corrupted ID: 33143 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0	Message 33145 - Posted: 8 Nov 2009, 8:01:19 UTC - in response to Message 33143. Last modified: 8 Nov 2009, 8:01:51 UTC May I suggest a RAID array, so there is always a duplicate Errr surely a raid array would just have a copy of the crashed database. Raid arrays are great if a disk stops working, but useless is the data is corrupted And remember, a RAID controller itself can become the single point of failure within a system. ID: 33145 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Darmok Send message Joined: 18 Jun 09 Posts: 1 Credit: 11,470,527 RAC: 0	Message 33148 - Posted: 8 Nov 2009, 12:58:01 UTC If somebody can help, this would be great. I lost credits on two WU sometimes in July (a server crash at same time as upload) and earlier last weekend (looks like another server crash). I might not be a big number cruncher but this totals 10-15% of WUs from which I never received credit. Thanks ID: 33148 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote