Welcome to MilkyWay@home

work availability

Message boards : Number crunching : work availability
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · Next

AuthorMessage
John Clark

Send message
Joined: 4 Oct 08
Posts: 1734
Credit: 64,228,409
RAC: 0
Message 6935 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 11:23:04 UTC
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 11:28:28 UTC

I am not sure if someone is in working on things, but the pending seems to have dropped and there is the very occasional WU getting through. But the quads finish them very quickly. Looks like Einstein is getting a real boost, and a small tickle for Malaria from here.

But, there is definitely something up, as the work ready to send is rising - Server status @ 11.15 UTC shows 9,608 WUs ready to send and "Results in Progress" are falling quite quickly between server snapshots.

A couple of crunchers are having the same problem downloading new work as I am (Lord Tedric, I assume ICE as he is on his cache, WimTea and Conan). Others are saying - no problem.

I need to come back to this one, after looking at individual accounts to see if this is a UK thing (common issues).

This seems to be wider than the UK or near continental Europe (WimTea). Comments by posters come from Oz and the US as well. I am assuming they are having difficulty getting new WUs to crunch?

Latest server status snapshot @ 11.26 UTC shows 10,207 WUs ready to send, and the In progress has dropped slightly further.

A server definitely needs to be given a strong poke to unstick things.
ID: 6935 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile Logan
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 15 Aug 08
Posts: 163
Credit: 3,876,869
RAC: 0
Message 6936 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 11:29:50 UTC - in response to Message 6935.  
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 11:30:46 UTC

I am not sure if someone is in working on things, but the pending seems to have dropped and there is the very occasional WU getting through. But the quads finish them very quickly. Looks like Einstein is getting a real boost, and a small tickle for Malaria from here.

But, there is definitely something up, as the work ready to send is rising - Server status @ 11.15 UTC shows 9,608 WUs ready to send and "Results in Progress" are falling quite quickly between server snapshots.

A couple of crunchers are having the same problem downloading new work as I am (Lord Tedric, I assume ICE as he is on his cache, WimTea and Conan). Others are saying - no problem.

I need to come back to this one, after looking at individual accounts to see if this is a UK thing (common issues).

This seems to be wider than the UK or near continental Europe (WimTea). Comments by posters come from Oz and the US as well. I am assuming they are having difficulty getting new WUs to crunch?


Don't worry John. It's a global issue. Now I'm getting new wu's ocasionally... I'm running from cache now.

Best regards.
Logan.

BOINC FAQ Service (Ahora, también disponible en Español/Now available in Spanish)
ID: 6936 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile caspr
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 22 Mar 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 501,728
RAC: 0
Message 6937 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 12:42:41 UTC
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 12:43:34 UTC

I thought the drought was over but I quit getting wu's again! Come on Travis I know it's the weekend but.... And BTW check the pendings, going up again.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory



ID: 6937 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile speedimic
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 22 Feb 08
Posts: 260
Credit: 57,387,048
RAC: 0
Message 6938 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 12:51:48 UTC - in response to Message 6937.  

More than enough work here.
At least for the new app. :-))



mic.


ID: 6938 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Mr Mystery

Send message
Joined: 21 Nov 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 2,601
RAC: 0
Message 6939 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 12:53:20 UTC - in response to Message 6937.  
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 12:54:29 UTC

I thought the drought was over but I quit getting wu's again! Come on Travis I know it's the weekend but.... And BTW check the pendings, going up again.


Aww its Saturday morning - let the poor lad have his breakfast!

I've got a steady flow of nm_stripe and nm_test work so its just the Astronomy 1.22 work thats backed up.
ID: 6939 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile alijay

Send message
Joined: 15 Apr 08
Posts: 55
Credit: 24,047
RAC: 0
Message 6940 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 13:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 6939.  

I thought the drought was over but I quit getting wu's again! Come on Travis I know it's the weekend but.... And BTW check the pendings, going up again.


Aww its Saturday morning - let the poor lad have his breakfast!

I've got a steady flow of nm_stripe and nm_test work so its just the Astronomy 1.22 work thats backed up.


Agreed after all the lad came in on Thanksgiving day to try and keep the project going. He needs to sleep and eat sometime even if computers don't.
ID: 6940 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
mycal

Send message
Joined: 13 Jan 08
Posts: 19
Credit: 820,482
RAC: 0
Message 6941 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 13:12:59 UTC

running in the red again after updating. Latest download 13:09

Michael
ID: 6941 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile caspr
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 22 Mar 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 501,728
RAC: 0
Message 6942 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 14:07:34 UTC - in response to Message 6940.  

I thought the drought was over but I quit getting wu's again! Come on Travis I know it's the weekend but.... And BTW check the pendings, going up again.


Aww its Saturday morning - let the poor lad have his breakfast!

I've got a steady flow of nm_stripe and nm_test work so its just the Astronomy 1.22 work thats backed up.


Agreed after all the lad came in on Thanksgiving day to try and keep the project going. He needs to sleep and eat sometime even if computers don't.



No pressure but every time I put my quad on a different project, about 10min's later MW fills my box's up! Murphy is ALWAYS watching! I'd rather "kick the client" a few times!
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory



ID: 6942 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile Cori
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 27 Aug 07
Posts: 647
Credit: 27,592,547
RAC: 0
Message 6943 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 14:21:51 UTC - in response to Message 6942.  

No pressure but every time I put my quad on a different project, about 10min's later MW fills my box's up!

Ha, I have noticed this behavior as well. *grin*
Lovely greetings, Cori
ID: 6943 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile caspr
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 22 Mar 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 501,728
RAC: 0
Message 6944 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 14:25:07 UTC - in response to Message 6943.  
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 14:31:08 UTC

No pressure but every time I put my quad on a different project, about 10min's later MW fills my box's up!

Ha, I have noticed this behavior as well. *grin*


Strange how that works huh? Hope your over your cold!

EDIT: And there we go!! Just got 15wu's for a start! HeHeHe!
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory



ID: 6944 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Mr Mystery

Send message
Joined: 21 Nov 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 2,601
RAC: 0
Message 6945 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 14:33:35 UTC - in response to Message 6943.  
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 14:35:41 UTC

No pressure but every time I put my quad on a different project, about 10min's later MW fills my box's up!

Ha, I have noticed this behavior as well. *grin*


Its something built into the BOINC client code, I think.
Decide to spend the day doing an Astropulse, and come back with a coffee to see a stack of MW and the rude message you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.
ID: 6945 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
John Clark

Send message
Joined: 4 Oct 08
Posts: 1734
Credit: 64,228,409
RAC: 0
Message 6946 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 14:40:19 UTC
Last modified: 29 Nov 2008, 15:04:36 UTC

Now starting to pull work down, but it is coming in dribs abd drabs (1 to 3 Wus at a time every minute.)

I must say the caches have a long long way to go before they hit the 20 WU limit per core.

Like you, Caspr, my caches are slowly filling, a few WUs at a time, through a combination of bumping the servers and letting them fetch work on the 1 minute cycle.

One of my old rigs has now hit the 20-WUs per core limit. Excellent, and it feels like normal again.
ID: 6946 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile caspr
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 22 Mar 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 501,728
RAC: 0
Message 6947 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 14:46:03 UTC - in response to Message 6946.  

Now starting to pull work down, but it is coming in dribs abd drabs (1 to 3 Wus at a time every minute.)

I must say the caches have a long long way to go before they hit the 20 WU limit per core.



I'm already bumping the client on my quad! Life is good again! Bite me Murphy!!
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory



ID: 6947 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile GalaxyIce
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 6 Apr 08
Posts: 2018
Credit: 100,142,856
RAC: 0
Message 6948 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 17:21:37 UTC - in response to Message 6945.  

you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.

Ha ha ha, that made me laugh :) When I see this message I feel quite pleased - I've managed to get a few more that usual ;)


ID: 6948 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Misfit
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 27 Aug 07
Posts: 915
Credit: 1,503,319
RAC: 0
Message 6976 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 22:51:53 UTC - in response to Message 6945.  

Decide to spend the day doing an Astropulse, and come back with a coffee to see a stack of MW and the rude message you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.

That's your imagination at work. You can't have more than 5 you greedy sod. But it's better than having some other problem.
me@rescam.org
ID: 6976 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile GalaxyIce
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 6 Apr 08
Posts: 2018
Credit: 100,142,856
RAC: 0
Message 6981 - Posted: 29 Nov 2008, 23:10:37 UTC - in response to Message 6976.  

Decide to spend the day doing an Astropulse, and come back with a coffee to see a stack of MW and the rude message you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.

That's your imagination at work. You can't have more than 5 you greedy sod. But it's better than having some other problem.

It's OK, we'll settle for 8 ;)


ID: 6981 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Bill & Patsy
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 7 Jul 08
Posts: 47
Credit: 13,629,944
RAC: 0
Message 7013 - Posted: 30 Nov 2008, 1:06:11 UTC - in response to Message 6981.  
Last modified: 30 Nov 2008, 1:19:24 UTC

Decide to spend the day doing an Astropulse, and come back with a coffee to see a stack of MW and the rude message you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.

That's your imagination at work. You can't have more than 5 you greedy sod. But it's better than having some other problem.

It's OK, we'll settle for 8 ;)

Well, he got you, Ice, didn't he! Rather than just taking you down to 8, he took you down to 5 and, after the screaming died down, he then mercifully granted relief by taking you back up to 8. And you were happy!

Classic Machiavelli.
--Bill

ID: 7013 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Mr Mystery

Send message
Joined: 21 Nov 08
Posts: 90
Credit: 2,601
RAC: 0
Message 7015 - Posted: 30 Nov 2008, 1:25:55 UTC - in response to Message 6976.  

Decide to spend the day doing an Astropulse, and come back with a coffee to see a stack of MW and the rude message you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.

That's your imagination at work. You can't have more than 5 you greedy sod. But it's better than having some other problem.



What - theres other problems too???
ID: 7015 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Nicolas
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 19 Nov 07
Posts: 29
Credit: 3,353,124
RAC: 0
Message 7017 - Posted: 30 Nov 2008, 1:46:31 UTC - in response to Message 6945.  

Decide to spend the day doing an Astropulse, and come back with a coffee to see a stack of MW and the rude message you cant have more than 20 at once you greedy sod.

You know, that would look pretty interesting... Let's do it.

[color=#a60]Index: sched_send.cpp
===================================================================[/color]
[color=red]--- sched_send.cpp      (revision 16586)[/color]
[color=green]+++ sched_send.cpp      (working copy)[/color]
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@
             reply.set_delay(delay_time);
         }
         if (reply.wreq.cache_size_exceeded) {
[color=red]-            sprintf(helpful, "(reached per-CPU limit of %d tasks)",[/color]
[color=green]+            sprintf(helpful, "(you can't have more than %d at once, you greedy sod)",[/color]
                 config.max_wus_in_progress
             );
             USER_MESSAGE um(helpful, "high");

Hey Travis, can you apply the above patch? :)
Please use "Reply" or "Quote" buttons on posts, instead of "reply to this thread". Keep the posts linked together ("X is a reply to Y").
ID: 7017 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Profile DoctorNow
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 28 Aug 07
Posts: 146
Credit: 10,545,126
RAC: 9,647
Message 7033 - Posted: 30 Nov 2008, 11:12:48 UTC - in response to Message 7017.  

LOL, very good, Nicolas... ;-)
Would be funny to really see that, would give a touch of Pirates. ;-D
Member of BOINC@Heidelberg and ATA!

My BOINCstats
ID: 7033 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive     Reply Quote
Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · Next

Message boards : Number crunching : work availability

©2024 Astroinformatics Group