Posts by bluestang

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4294)
Posted 30 Apr 2026 by bluestang
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Meanwhile,
NumberField@Home received about 80k completed and validated results from Gerasim.
(I think this is not bad). :)
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Думаю "Maxtor 160 GB" - не самое подходящее место для бэкапа ..


"I don't think the "Maxtor 160 GB" is the most suitable place for a backup..."

Seriously!? You just proved to the volunteers that you should not be running a project then.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4290)
Posted 30 Apr 2026 by bluestang
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Have you tried complaining on the Gerasim boards? I have no control over their backup protocalls, I just upload work and download results.


Gerasim's message boards never came back after that last major crash. Not like they were good for anything anyways...just like now.

Maybe stop sending him work until you know he knows what the hell he is doing? I'm not trying to be an arse, but he has proven he SHOULD NOT be running a project.

Please contact Yoyo from the Yoyo@home project to shift the processing from Gerasim to Yoyo@home as a new subproject.
Gerasim simply is not reliable at all.

Michael.

P.S.: For the second time, I lost massive credits - in fact, the entire output from 2026 is gone (not just a month or so...). It was about 4 million credits, which is half of my total output for that project so far. Most importantly, however, is the fact that all the results are gone. That is useless CO2 production to foster climate change at its best...


I like this idea. As long as there will be a GPU app for Windows I would happily support YoYo for this subproject.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4269)
Posted 20 Apr 2026 by bluestang
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Still not doing backups properly....do people not learn their lessons? We expect better from Project Admins. This is why I haven't wasted my resources and start running this project again since I had a feeling the issue would return yet again.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4219)
Posted 15 Feb 2026 by bluestang
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I am aware about my website & how to access it. I do not see how this has any relevance with the Boinc project in question. Thank you for your concern though
Because its easier to blame you then admit the Gerasim site/project is still not up to proper working order.
No, that is not the case.
If you had taken the time to actually read any of the posts you would realise the issue is with Speedy51's system.

There may be all sorts of issues still remaining with the Gerasim project, but accessing it's web site isn't one of them.


I still have issues with those kinds of errors accessing the site, which is why I haven't started back running the project again because still believe there are issues going on. At least they say they are now doing backups so there is that.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4217)
Posted 15 Feb 2026 by bluestang
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I am aware about my website & how to access it. I do not see how this has any relevance with the Boinc project in question. Thank you for your concern though


Because its easier to blame you then admit the Gerasim site/project is still not up to proper working order.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Reduced credit per work unit (Message 4150)
Posted 15 Jan 2026 by bluestang
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I wouldn't worry about overall credit as long as it is fixed going forward as you mentioned.

You're one of the most communicative and responsive Admins of Projects around so you're entitled to a mix up once in a while :)
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4148)
Posted 15 Jan 2026 by bluestang
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I wasn't getting any errors, the site just never loaded. It is loading now though.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4144)
Posted 14 Jan 2026 by bluestang
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Might be because browser shows it as an insecure connection and won't load the site.
Is the site HTTPS or the lazy way of HTTP?
isitdownrightnow.com shows the site as down for everyone.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4135)
Posted 12 Jan 2026 by bluestang
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"No RAMDISK, correct?" - Yes.


OK, good...thanks.

Now what about you backup plan?
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4133)
Posted 11 Jan 2026 by bluestang
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"Gerasim Is Back" - Это знает только Эрик.
* у нас c Demis заданий для проверки нет.


No RAMDISK, correct?

What is you backup schedule and to where do you back up to?

Us volunteers need to know you're doing it right this time.
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4124)
Posted 1 Jan 2026 by bluestang
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Ребятки
Не смотря на то, что видны все приложения, работает пока только одно.
(Windows + CPU). Остальные приложения - under construction,
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Guys
* Even though all applications are visible, only one is running right now. (Windows + CPU). The rest of the applications are under construction.
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That still doesn't answer what happened to the Windows PC's that processed some tasks after the crash..

@ Dr Who Fan
I'm afraid this train has already left.
Боюсь, этот поезд уже ушёл.
====


Train may have left, but there is no Engineer onboard.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4113)
Posted 20 Dec 2025 by bluestang
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You running in a RAMdisk again?
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4109)
Posted 18 Dec 2025 by bluestang
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I have been able to download and process some work units on a Windows laptop so things are looking up

Conan


Not even close. Get this when trying to access Gerasim site...

"500 - Internal server error."
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4107)
Posted 13 Dec 2025 by bluestang
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I don't get this. This is your project and you have no idea how you created apps or anything it seems?

All because you ran it on a damn RAMDISK and had no backup schedule you kept to.

At least our points were salvaged...so thank you to those that had a hand it doing that.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4098)
Posted 2 Dec 2025 by bluestang
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That's correct.
However, we are constantly monitoring user complaints.
And the issues users report here allow us to resolve them.
One bug is very serious and very old (judging by the data in old database backups going back several years).
We already have an idea of ​​how to fix the code.
Naturally, we will let everyone know when the recovery is complete.


So then you are working with SerVal to get the project up and running?
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4095)
Posted 1 Dec 2025 by bluestang
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You guys need to learn how to read...Gerasim is NOT up and running!
17) Message boards : News : NumberFields Is Back (Message 4043)
Posted 24 Oct 2025 by bluestang
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Thanks for the info. Glad it wasn't another Gerasim ;)
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4034)
Posted 16 Oct 2025 by bluestang
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Guys, it's not about credits, it's Gerasim we need to save.

Not about the credits? LOL, yeah okay LOL.

Nothing like kicking your volunteers in the balls with that kind of appreciation for all the work that was done with no credits now to show for it. Who wants to come back to a project with an Admin that thinks this way!

Of course, I'm at fault somewhere. I'm trying to find it

Somehwere? You ran it in a RAMDisk and didn't bother keeping daily or even weekly backups. WTF did you think was going to be the outcome?
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4031)
Posted 13 Oct 2025 by bluestang
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On the bright side, if I understand correctly, the NumberFields batch name DS16x12 work (41% completed thus far) which was hosted on Gerasim server is safe and results were already transmitted to Eric but volunteers' credit were lost.

I was downloading results approximately once per week, so only a week's worth of data was lost, mostly from the Formula BOINC competition that completed around the time of the Gerasim crash.

I heard there was a backup of the RAM disk, but it sounded like SerVal was having problems trying to restore it.


Yeah, that will happen when you don't know what you are doing.
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Gerasim is not working (Message 4026)
Posted 12 Oct 2025 by bluestang
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@Serval Any updates or should we all just kiss our work and points goodbye?


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