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Send message Joined: 22 Oct 04 Posts: 14 Credit: 297,104 RAC: 0 |
The status of the project on the front page of the site states that there is no work available, but both my boxes have been getting work over the last couple of days... Only one or two WUs at a time, but work none the less... Just wondered what's happening here... <img src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=444&trans=off"> |
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Send message Joined: 1 Sep 04 Posts: 506 Credit: 118,619 RAC: 0 |
Two things are going on here: 1) The status is is cached, and updated every few minutes so that the database doesn't have to be queried every time someone visits the home page. If a few WUs pass deadline and are re-issued then they'll become available and be downloaded. Unless the timing is spot on the WUs will all be gone before the status is updated. 2) CERN have reworked their scheduler and job submission scripts recently. It seem that the status hasn't been linked to the new software yet, so it always display 'Out of work' even when there is some. Gaspode the UnDressed http://www.littlevale.co.uk |
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Send message Joined: 22 Oct 04 Posts: 14 Credit: 297,104 RAC: 0 |
> Two things are going on here: > > 1) The status is is cached, and updated every few minutes so that the database > doesn't have to be queried every time someone visits the home page. If a few > WUs pass deadline and are re-issued then they'll become available and be > downloaded. Unless the timing is spot on the WUs will all be gone before the > status is updated. > > 2) CERN have reworked their scheduler and job submission scripts recently. It > seem that the status hasn't been linked to the new software yet, so it always > display 'Out of work' even when there is some. > Firstly, I should of thought of expired deadlines I suppose DUH!! The second point you make was more like I was hinting at. Thanks for the explaination though. <img src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=444&trans=off"> |
 ChrulleSend message Joined: 27 Jul 04 Posts: 182 Credit: 1,880 RAC: 0 |
The actual problem is that we anticipate that the server will run out of work. Therefore we write no work on the main page, even though we have a few hundred WU left. If we did not do this it might happen that the home page stated that there was a number of WU left, but everybody would get a "no work from project" scheduler reply. This would probably get a bigger public cry-out than the way we use now. :-) Chrulle Research Assistant & Ex-LHC@home developer Niels Bohr Institute |
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