LHC@home

I set my laptop to connect every 10 days (max) on a "school" preference, because I want to be able to crunch for you while I am on travel and disconnected.

I expected the 25 tasks that came in to have a Report Deadline greater than the time to next connection. All were 7 days in the future.

What happens to my work (and credits) if I don't find a connection before the report deadline?

I know you need to compare multiple results. Can you send work in advance to multiple users with a deadlne based on a few days past their next scheduled connection? (Give matching tasks with a 17-day deadline to users set for 10-day connections?)

V/R,
Walt

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If you miss the deadline for a result the result will be issued to another participant. If you then return youR result you might get credit for it if the result hasn't already been completed by other participants. With a deadline of 7 days and a connection interval of 10 it's likely that the result will have been completed and credit granted long before you return your crunched data.


Different projects use different deadlines. LHC varies the deadlines to optimise the time required to complete a study. Some results are issued with deadlines as short as four days. The variation you ask for effectively gives a deadline of seventeen days, rather than seven. With the batch nature of LHC this would slow down their comuting dramatically. You're not likely to get this sort of change.

If you're not able to meet the deadlines for the project while you travel then it's better not to take the work. Consider a different project with a longer deadline and contribute to LHC again when you return.

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