Posts by ChertseyAl

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Too Late To Validate (Message 129)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:
Some 8+ hours WUs:

http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=170662
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=167157
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=167060
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=163526
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=163521
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=163456
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=163302
http://yafu.dyndns.org/yafu/result.php?resultid=167144

The longest running one was the last one that was a little over 12 hours.

Al.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Too Late To Validate (Message 127)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:
Oh, looks like I got credited for timed out WUs - Nice one! :)

It's a pity I aborted one before I realised. Oh well.

Al.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Too Late To Validate (Message 125)
Posted 12 Sep 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:
That doesn't sound reasonable. The long wus should run ~2h. Do you restart your Boinc frequently? Which app version runs?


Actually, a lot of mine run from 8-11 hours, and I've lost a few that were too late to validate. I don't restart the machines, and they aren't used for anything else. Some WUs really do take much longer to run than you expect.

My other WUs are usually between an hour and an hour and a half or just a few minues.

I must admit that I don't understand the logic of timing out late WUs - You don't reissue them, so there is no danger of repeated work. They might well be useful in which case it is a waste of the crunchers time. Even if they have been factored elsewhere it hardly harms you or the project to grant the credit anyway :)

Al.
4) Message boards : Science : What is the *real* purpose of this project? (Message 82)
Posted 4 Sep 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:
Home page says:

"YAFU is a alpha project, which main goal is it to test the latest Boinc server code for bugs. Please report any error which you find in the webpages in the forum.
In parallel to this it factorize numbers of 80-110 digit length which needs to be factored. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer."

So, is this just to test the BOINC server code?

If so, why do you need results returned so quickly?

I'm perfectly happy testing new server code, especially if it doesn't involve the pointless uppercase app, but combining testing with 'urgent' work is never going to work.

Are you testing, or are you factorizing as a priority?

Cheers,

Al.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Too Late To Validate (Message 62)
Posted 3 Sep 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:

I will not extend the deadline.


Good luck with that.

I was going to post a good old rant about BOINC being about cooperation between the project and the volunteers, and how volunteers are pretty much the only thing that keeps the project alive, supplying processor power, paying for their own equipment, paying for the electricity, etc etc. But I won't.

Will I continue to crunch this project? Probably. At least until I've hit the MM I'm looking for. As will many others I'm sure. Once the hardcore Milestoners are sated I'm not sure who is going to crunch a project that so aggressively takes over resources.

Whatever, keep on crunchin' guys! ;)

Al.
6) Message boards : News : 1000 workunits (Message 11)
Posted 31 Aug 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:
Same here this AM:

31/08/2011 07:58:25|yafu|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 1042 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
31/08/2011 07:58:30|yafu|Scheduler request failed: HTTP file not found
31/08/2011 07:58:30|yafu|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 1042 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
31/08/2011 07:58:35|yafu|Scheduler request succeeded: got 1 new tasks
31/08/2011 07:58:35|yafu|[error] State file error: missing file yafu_C89_1314729702_76_2_0
31/08/2011 07:58:35|yafu|[error] Can't handle task yafu_C89_1314729702_76_2 in scheduler reply

Al.
7) Message boards : Cafe : It's very quiet in here ... (Message 3)
Posted 29 Aug 2011 by ChertseyAl
Post:
But, another new project! Yay!

Al.







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