The real reason for 1 or 2 second tasks?????

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Tex1954 Send message Joined: 24 Apr 11 Posts: 37 Credit: 1,295,012 RAC: 0	Message 24172 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 10:53:40 UTC Last modified: 9 Jul 2012, 11:04:28 UTC Ok, I got a load of really short tasks on the i7-950 box, hurried over to the Boinc-Data directory under LHC Projects and looky looky what I seen there!! There are a bunch of ZERO length task ZIP files in there... and I bet that is the problem with hundreds of "few second long" tasks... Maybe maybe??? I looked in there because I just got a bunch of short tasks again... LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__30__s__64.28_59.31__10.2_10.4__6__66_1_sixvf_boinc52665_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM 7/9/2012 5:50:04 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__26__s__64.28_59.31__10.6_10.8__6__11_1_sixvf_boinc45668_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM 7/9/2012 5:50:04 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__26__s__64.28_59.31__9.2_9.4__6__58_1_sixvf_boinc45092_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM 7/9/2012 5:50:04 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__26__s__64.28_59.31__9.2_9.4__6__41_1_sixvf_boinc45075_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM 7/9/2012 5:50:04 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__26__s__64.28_59.31__9.2_9.4__6__44_1_sixvf_boinc45078_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM 7/9/2012 5:50:04 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb1d__25__s__64.28_59.31__8.8_9__6__36_1_sixvf_boinc43112_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 05:28:54 (05:24:40) 7/9/2012 5:45:28 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK * Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb1d__29__s__64.28_59.31__10.2_10.4__6__48_1_sixvf_boinc50867_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb0d__30__s__64.28_59.31__11.2_11.4__6__58_1_sixvf_boinc53102_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb0d__30__s__64.28_59.31__11.4_11.6__6__72_1_sixvf_boinc53205_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb0d__30__s__64.28_59.31__11.2_11.4__6__66_1_sixvf_boinc53110_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb1d__29__s__64.28_59.31__10.2_10.4__6__41_1_sixvf_boinc50860_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK * Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb0d__29__s__64.28_59.31__10.4_10.6__6__44_1_sixvf_boinc50952_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb0d__29__s__64.28_59.31__9.4_9.6__6__70_1_sixvf_boinc50533_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack w1jul_niebb0d__29__s__64.28_59.31__9.6_9.8__6__35_1_sixvf_boinc50587_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 5:45:23 AM 7/9/2012 5:47:46 AM Reported: OK * Win7-950 The TIMES are after the Task ID... all 00:00:01 and I saw them whip through... Seems I have more like them in the wings... Had this happen on the Win7-800D box and now it seems the server has banned that box and won't send more tasks there... :) ID: 24172 · Reply Quote

Tex1954 Send message Joined: 24 Apr 11 Posts: 37 Credit: 1,295,012 RAC: 0	Message 24173 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 11:08:04 UTC Oh... as an extra, the box setup is: I7-950 CPU 3.6GHz water cooled 12Gig DDR3 Windows 7 64b BOINC 7.0.28 System is flawless for a year now and still runs strong. :D ID: 24173 · Reply Quote

Tex1954 Send message Joined: 24 Apr 11 Posts: 37 Credit: 1,295,012 RAC: 0	Message 24174 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 11:16:52 UTC Last modified: 9 Jul 2012, 11:20:04 UTC Just went through some more 00:00:01 tasks when a couple real ones finished.. LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__26__s__64.28_59.31__9.4_9.6__6__27_1_sixvf_boinc45150_3 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 6:10:01 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__28__s__64.28_59.31__10.4_10.6__6__67_1_sixvf_boinc49195_3 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 6:10:01 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb1d__23__s__64.28_59.31__10_10.2__6__70_1_sixvf_boinc40120_2 03:44:59 (03:42:10) 7/9/2012 6:09:55 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb0d__26__s__64.28_59.31__10.2_10.4__6__53_1_sixvf_boinc45532_3 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 6:09:55 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb0d__26__s__64.28_59.31__9.2_9.4__6__59_1_sixvf_boinc45093_3 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 6:08:12 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb0d__27__s__64.28_59.31__9.2_9.4__6__8_1_sixvf_boinc46822_2 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 6:08:07 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb0d__26__s__64.28_59.31__9.4_9.6__6__7_1_sixvf_boinc45130_3 00:00:01 (00:00:00) 7/9/2012 6:08:07 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 LHC@home 1.0 444.01 SixTrack (sse3) w1jul_niebb0d__5__s__64.28_59.31__10.6_10.8__6__26_1_sixvf_boinc8303_3 00:21:51 (00:21:35) 7/9/2012 6:08:00 AM 7/9/2012 6:13:29 AM Reported: OK Win7-950 I bet them were a lot of those ZERO length zip file tasks that downloaded... Here is what is left in the directory expanded to see the task numbers... I bet them zero length zips are the next group to rush through... :) ID: 24174 · Reply Quote

Tex1954 Send message Joined: 24 Apr 11 Posts: 37 Credit: 1,295,012 RAC: 0	Message 24176 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 11:24:02 UTC Last modified: 9 Jul 2012, 11:57:47 UTC Just caught this funny download that froze up... more ZERO length files I think... Hope all this helps... I do have a load of GOOD tasks running now... we will see if I get any more shorties.. :) PS: I hope it isn't a router problem on my end or something.... this problem happens on ALL my boxes... ID: 24176 · Reply Quote

Christoph Send message Joined: 25 Aug 05 Posts: 69 Credit: 306,627 RAC: 0	Message 24180 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 14:26:43 UTC These tasks are a symptom of the project running out of disk space. Since several servers are 'disabled' I guess the admins are working on it. Christoph ID: 24180 · Reply Quote

superempie Send message Joined: 28 Jul 05 Posts: 24 Credit: 6,603,623 RAC: 0	Message 24184 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 15:30:16 UTC It's also mentioned over here: http://lhcathomeclassic.cern.ch/sixtrack/forum_thread.php?id=3462 It's the server running out of disk space. ID: 24184 · Reply Quote

Tex1954 Send message Joined: 24 Apr 11 Posts: 37 Credit: 1,295,012 RAC: 0	Message 24186 - Posted: 9 Jul 2012, 15:53:59 UTC - in response to Message 24180. These tasks are a symptom of the project running out of disk space. Since several servers are 'disabled' I guess the admins are working on it. Well, disks, even SSDs are rather dirt cheap today compared to 10 years ago... Newegg and TigerDirect counterparts in Europe can sell ya'll whatever you need. Seriously... disk space doesn't have to be so complicated... I hate to see one of my boxes banned because of a server disk space problem.. :) ID: 24186 · Reply Quote

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