Posts by Kevin Roux
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Admin Updates
(Message 77698)
Posted 11 Nov 2025 by  Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, The rsc_fpops_est update has been implemented on the server. Let me know if there are any issues. You can expect to see these changes on Workunits generated after 11 Nov 2025 at 19:30:00 UTC. Thank you, Kevin |
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(Message 77697)
Posted 10 Nov 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, We will be performing an update to the server starting 11 Nov 2025 at 15:00:00 UTC. This will be the first of two updates. The first update will be on the server itself in order to hopefully help with the estimated time for tasks and the number of tasks being sent out at a time. The second update is for a new version of the N-body code that is still being tested. More information on this will come when it is ready for deployment. Thank you, Kevin |
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(Message 77635)
Posted 29 Aug 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, The project URL https://milkyway-new.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway is an alias for https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway, and both are supported by the current certificate. However, the alias will not auto-renew and will be deprecated upon expiration. To avoid issues, please ensure you use the correct URL: https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway. Using the alias may result in the following error after renewal: "Milkyway@home | Scheduler request to https://milkyway-new.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway_cgi/cgi failed: SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK" Thank you, Kevin |
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Server Issues
(Message 77634)
Posted 29 Aug 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Cannot report tasks. Error message: It should be working now. |
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(Message 77629)
Posted 28 Aug 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Some quick maintenance needs to be done on the server. The server will be down for about an hour starting 29 August 2025 at 17:00:00 UTC. Best, Kevin |
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Admin Updates
(Message 77534)
Posted 2 Jul 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Update There is now a new version up on N-Body Orbit Fitting (version 1.93). There was an issue in the way that the Windows executable was compiled and so it was getting a different result than the Linux executable. This meant that whatever OS was used to run the first successful task of a WU could only be validated by a machine running that same OS. These new versions of the executables should be able to validate regardless of the OS used. Thank you, Kevin |
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Admin Updates Discussion
(Message 77523)
Posted 27 Jun 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: I think that was still not the right setting. de_nbody_orbit_fitting_05_23_2025_v190_OCS__data__02_1748458520_904835, created 23 Jun 2025 17:50:00 UTC, has <rsc_disk_bound>52428800.000000</rsc_disk_bound> according to my client_state.xml. It's the same for all Milkyway WUs, no matter when they were created.Seems like I might have changed the wrong thing?1002940398, 1003025268 and 1002958647, all created 3-15 days after your post error out with EXIT_DISK_LIMIT_EXCEEDED after exceeding 50MB. You might need to check again.@Kevin: you might need to check the disk limit for the current WUs, it might be necessary to increase it. I got EXIT_DISK_LIMIT_EXCEEDED errors on some of the de_nbody_orbit_fitting_03_25_2025_v186_OCS__data__33_1740880091_* tasks, the wingmen got them too. The slot directories of the running WUs seem to be quite a bit larger than what they used to be in the past as far as I remember, some of them close to or even over 30MB, the errored out tasks went over 50MB. Perhaps the current WU set needs 100-200MB as limit.I set the limit to 100MB. Third time's a charm. I changed rsc_disk_bound to 100MB in the compiled server code so hopefully it will be fixed now. |
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Admin Updates
(Message 77515)
Posted 25 Jun 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Update We completed testing of N-Body version1.92 and have deployed it on the Orbit Fitting application. Two new runs have also been added to run with the new version. Best, Kevin |
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(Message 77513)
Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Announcement Testing is not going as smoothly as we expected and have found bugs that need to be fixed. The server will be turned back on for now and will be turned back off on 25 June 2025 from 14:00:00 to 22:00:00 UTC . Best, Kevin |
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(Message 77508)
Posted 20 Jun 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Update We have recently released a new version of the N-Body code -> version 1.91. This code has new dwarf density profiles, the ability to fit the LMC mass as well as additions to the likelihood calculation. This new version is currently being tested. Announcement We expect testing to be completed on 24 June 2025 at 14:00:00 UTC and will begin performing server maintenance and updating the server for this new version of N-Body. I expect this to be done by 24 June 2025 at 22:00:00 UTC. Working On I see that there seems to be issues with runs and there are still updates that need to be done for the server. I will look into these issues after the server update and fix what I can. Best, Kevin |
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Award Badges Going Live Soon!
(Message 77479)
Posted 3 Jun 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: I ran the badge scrips manually and the badges should be updated now. I will have to look into why the scripts are not being run automatically. |
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Admin Updates Discussion
(Message 77458)
Posted 28 May 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: @Kevin: you might need to check the disk limit for the current WUs, it might be necessary to increase it. I got EXIT_DISK_LIMIT_EXCEEDED errors on some of the de_nbody_orbit_fitting_03_25_2025_v186_OCS__data__33_1740880091_* tasks, the wingmen got them too. The slot directories of the running WUs seem to be quite a bit larger than what they used to be in the past as far as I remember, some of them close to or even over 30MB, the errored out tasks went over 50MB. Perhaps the current WU set needs 100-200MB as limit. Seems like I might have changed the wrong thing? I changed what I think should be the right setting now to 100MB. Again, let me know if the issue persists. |
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Admin Updates
(Message 77449)
Posted 24 May 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Announcement The new binary is up along with three new runs. They have been added to the MilkyWay N-Body application. This was done so that the new binary does not interfere with the tasks being validated on the MilkyWay N-Body Orbit Fitting application. Thank you, Kevin |
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(Message 77440)
Posted 19 May 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Announcement I made a mistake when I was trying to perform some tests and cancelled a lot of workunits which included tasks that were in progress. I believe I have fixed the mistake and set those workunits and tasks back to their correct states, but please let me know if you experience any issues with this. Update The current runs have been taken down. I am hoping to get through a lot of the validation during this down time with no active runs. New runs will be put up sometime between 20 May 2025 to 22 May 2025 using our newest binary. Thank you, Kevin |
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Admin Updates Discussion
(Message 77411)
Posted 5 May 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: @Kevin: you might need to check the disk limit for the current WUs, it might be necessary to increase it. I got EXIT_DISK_LIMIT_EXCEEDED errors on some of the de_nbody_orbit_fitting_03_25_2025_v186_OCS__data__33_1740880091_* tasks, the wingmen got them too. The slot directories of the running WUs seem to be quite a bit larger than what they used to be in the past as far as I remember, some of them close to or even over 30MB, the errored out tasks went over 50MB. Perhaps the current WU set needs 100-200MB as limit. I set the limit to 100MB. Let me know if the issue persists. |
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(Message 77355)
Posted 2 Mar 2025 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, We have been having a lot of issues with bots making accounts on the website. Since our reCaptcha cannot handle this many requests, we will be requiring new accounts to be made through the BOINC Manager. The "Join" button now reflects this change with instructions on how to make an account on the BOINC Manager. Thank you, Kevin |
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Number crunching :
no_vlos: What does this mean?
(Message 77279)
Posted 12 Nov 2024 by Kevin Roux
Post: This is in the name of the tasks. What does this mean? It means that the orbit is being fit without considering the likelihood from the line of sight (los) velocity (v). |
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(Message 77263)
Posted 4 Nov 2024 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Looks like there were issues with the SSL Certificate on the server. The IT department was able to take care of it today and the server should be back to normal. Thanks, Kevin |
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(Message 77223)
Posted 4 Sep 2024 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Announcement The server needs to be rebooted. This will happen on 6 September 2024 at 14:00 UTC. If this fixes the issue, the server will be down for less than an hour. Thanks, Kevin |
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(Message 77218)
Posted 29 Aug 2024 by Kevin Roux
Post: Hello everyone, Update There has been a bug in the N-body simulation code that has required immediate attention and taken up most of my time. Once this bug is fixed, I will be able to focus again on some of the issues that were happening with the server. Announcement I will be performing server maintenance on 3 September 2024 at 14:00 UTC. The server should only be down for a few hours. Thank you, Kevin |
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