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Message 65579 - Posted: 2 Nov 2016, 16:03:21 UTC

I'm crunching gpu wu's only.
I've set my computers to store wu's for 5 days and an additional buffer also of 5 days.
Hours later I had wu's for about one hour.
I want a buffer for 4 to 5 hours to keep my gpu's active during the many short database outages.
Any ideas beside crunching other projects?

Alexander
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Message 65581 - Posted: 2 Nov 2016, 16:28:54 UTC

Hey Alexander,

The max number of work units you can download is set by the server. Keeping a buffer of 5 hours would not be possible right now on a GPU given how quickly the work units are running. I am working on a solution to this but it won't be ready for a couple weeks most likely. In the meantime, I am working on improving server stability to mitigate the effect of the short database outages.

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Message 65582 - Posted: 2 Nov 2016, 16:34:23 UTC - in response to Message 65581.  

Thank you,
a clear answer!
Good luck for your work!
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