Posts by GDLS

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problems? (Message 1770) Posted 1 Sep 2016 by GDLS Post: About half of my machines are reporting uploading issues. The log entries read like this: "NumberFields@home \| Temporarily failed upload of wu_sf3....: transient HTTP error NumberFields@home \| Backing off 00:03:06 on upload of wu_sf3_DS-11x271_Grp357044of614400_0_0 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down." Is it only me?
2) Message boards : Number crunching : "finish file present too long"? (Message 1746) Posted 25 Jun 2016 by GDLS Post: What causes this error? I have two tasks that self-aborted this way (after 36 hours of combined CPU time).
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Long running wu_Qsqrt421_DS1x5 units - how long to let them run? (Message 1583) Posted 6 Mar 2016 by GDLS Post: >>>Wow! Mine's at 50.079%, 793 hours at the moment. >>>AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPU. Your BOINC benchmark numbers are quite a bit higher than I'd expect a 1055T and Windows to produce. Are you overclocking?
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Long running wu_Qsqrt421_DS1x5 units - how long to let them run? (Message 1579) Posted 5 Mar 2016 by GDLS Post: >>>The second one is now at 775 hours, still progressing (says 50% now, up from 49% yesterday). >>>http://numberfields.asu.edu/NumberFields/workunit.php?wuid=12404866 >>>No happy returns from anyone yet. I've been running that one too. On an i7-2600. For 1354 hours now. It's currently at 50.565%. Sigh.
5) Message boards : News : Double credits for problematic work units. (Message 1485) Posted 14 Jan 2016 by GDLS Post: Just checked my remote machines...found one WU has an estimated remaining time of 5.665 years. Running XP will probably be illegal by then...
6) Message boards : News : Double credits for problematic work units. (Message 1484) Posted 13 Jan 2016 by GDLS Post: I have 5 of these long-running q-squirts running on one of my machines with about 21 days of combined accumulated crunch time. My account page says two of them have already deadlined and been redistributed, but they're still running on this end. When they finally get done (in 844 days, according to BOINC), how will I know how long they took? Or will they be uploaded as normal completions?
7) Questions and Answers : Windows : Aborted by Project? (Message 1342) Posted 17 Jul 2015 by GDLS Post: I have two WUs (on two different machines) that were reportedly "Aborted by project". Just out of nosiness, what's up with that?
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Talk about your long ones (Message 1334) Posted 4 Jul 2015 by GDLS Post: I've searched the BOINC documentation, but have found no indication of what "CPU time" and "Elapsed Time" actually mean. Or how they relate to the terms "CPU Time" and "Run Time" on your website. Can you explain? I could list my guesses but that seems pointless. Also, I apologize if these inquiries should be in the "Questions & Answers" section of this forum, but this thread seems to be better supported. Unrelated note: we should be hitting 3 million Numbers@Home credits sometime tonight...exciting.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Talk about your long ones (Message 1332) Posted 3 Jul 2015 by GDLS Post: Note that there should not be very many of the slow WUs, so if you are seeing this alot, it could be a sign that something else is amiss. How about a huge gap between CPU time and Elapsed time (called CPU Time and Run Time on the web page)? Is that a cause for concern?
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Talk about your long ones (Message 1330) Posted 1 Jul 2015 by GDLS Post: So...if there's a huge split between a task's CPU Time and its CPU Time at Last Checkpoint (say, several hours), is that an indication that all is not well and an abortion is in order? That seems to be a common thread of the tasks that get to a point where they're stuck for days.
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Talk about your long ones (Message 1282) Posted 31 May 2015 by GDLS Post: I have a long-running WU (wu12E10_SF73-0_Idx3_Grp58252of116272) that reports "Memory Leak Detected!!!". It's been running for 64 hours, BOINC reports 190 to go (and rising). It's not likely to meet it's June 3rd deadline. Abort?