BOINC Pentathlon

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Vitalii Koshura Send message Joined: 28 Aug 17 Posts: 2 Credit: 53,711,973 RAC: 0	Message 1390 - Posted: 9 May 2020, 21:51:59 UTC Amicable Numbers was chosen for the next Pentathlon event. 5/12-5/17. Be prepared for a lot more traffic at that project and possible issues due to a huge amount of extra load. ID: 1390 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sergei Chernykh Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 5 Jan 17 Posts: 534 Credit: 72,451,573 RAC: 0	Message 1391 - Posted: 10 May 2020, 5:32:12 UTC - in response to Message 1390. The server is ready for this. ID: 1391 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Kiska Send message Joined: 12 Mar 17 Posts: 1 Credit: 38,516,733 RAC: 0	Message 1393 - Posted: 10 May 2020, 22:07:40 UTC Last modified: 10 May 2020, 22:07:56 UTC Quite a... sharp incline :D Source: https://munin.kiska.pw/munin/static/dynazoom.html?cgiurl_graph=/munin-cgi/munin-cgi-graph&plugin_name=Munin-Node/Munin-Node/results_amicable&size_x=800&size_y=400&start_epoch=1588456859&stop_epoch=1589148059 ID: 1393 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Howdy Send message Joined: 26 Feb 18 Posts: 1 Credit: 382,115,878 RAC: 0	Message 1399 - Posted: 11 May 2020, 23:08:09 UTC Hang on to the server, this part of the Pentathlon will be going live in less than 2 hours! ID: 1399 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Ciceronian Send message Joined: 23 Jun 18 Posts: 1 Credit: 141,536,552 RAC: 1,385,700	Message 1403 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 0:19:30 UTC Tasks ready to send 0 ID: 1403 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

cbigfoot Send message Joined: 11 Apr 20 Posts: 1 Credit: 21,021,295 RAC: 0	Message 1404 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 1:41:12 UTC - in response to Message 1391. Last modified: 16 May 2020, 1:41:28 UTC The server is ready for this. yep sure... Tasks ready to send 0 ID: 1404 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

crashtech Send message Joined: 3 Feb 18 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,265,769,099 RAC: 1,556,143	Message 1405 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 3:02:39 UTC - in response to Message 1391. Last modified: 16 May 2020, 3:22:48 UTC The server is ready for this. (cue evil laughter) ID: 1405 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sergei Chernykh Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 5 Jan 17 Posts: 534 Credit: 72,451,573 RAC: 0	Message 1406 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 7:34:20 UTC It's a 6-core dedicated machine with 64 GB RAM, but the problem is the slow spinning HDD there, sorry! I turned off all non-essential background services, hope it will help. ID: 1406 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

10esseeTony Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 4 Credit: 104,614,271 RAC: 0	Message 1407 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 13:48:03 UTC - in response to Message 1406. Last modified: 16 May 2020, 13:48:35 UTC There is only one essential service right now. Validation. The work that has already been completed and turned in needs to take full priority, to ensure fair results in the Pentathlon, especially for the smaller or newer teams. The larger teams know we always break something. :) The new guys will just blame you instead. Anyway, good luck, and get a freaking SSD already. :P ID: 1407 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Bas Send message Joined: 6 Jul 18 Posts: 2 Credit: 50,225,514 RAC: 0	Message 1408 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 14:50:22 UTC - in response to Message 1407. The work that has already been completed and turned in needs to take full priority, to ensure fair results in the Pentathlon Why would a silly contest take full priority? Are you important? I agree on the ssd. :) ID: 1408 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

xii5ku Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 3 Credit: 506,336,352 RAC: 404,477	Message 1409 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 15:20:11 UTC - in response to Message 1408. Bas wrote: Why would a silly contest take full priority? The silly contest has gotten a whole lot of silly work accomplished here. ID: 1409 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sergei Chernykh Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 5 Jan 17 Posts: 534 Credit: 72,451,573 RAC: 0	Message 1410 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 15:24:23 UTC Nothing else but validator and scheduler is turned on now, but HDD just can't keep up. It didn't happen in the previous two years, I don't know why it's happening now. ID: 1410 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Skillz Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 7 Credit: 3,265,752,227 RAC: 4,174,328	Message 1411 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 15:25:31 UTC What's the health status on the HDD? Could it be going bad? ID: 1411 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sergei Chernykh Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 5 Jan 17 Posts: 534 Credit: 72,451,573 RAC: 0	Message 1412 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 15:29:34 UTC - in response to Message 1411. I've checked RAID status with mdadm and it's all fine. It seems to be just a high load because of too short WUs. ID: 1412 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

10esseeTony Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 4 Credit: 104,614,271 RAC: 0	Message 1413 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 19:10:39 UTC - in response to Message 1412. Ahhhh. The joy of having incredibly powerful GPUs entering the market every year or so... :) I know you feel bad about it, so thanks for working so hard to fix the problem, and letting us know the details. ID: 1413 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

10esseeTony Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 4 Credit: 104,614,271 RAC: 0	Message 1414 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 19:30:22 UTC I don't know the capacity of your RAID array, so SSD(s) may be cost prohibitive for a short term problem. Is this one situation where that weird SSD thing Intel created could be of use? Optane, I think it is called. ID: 1414 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

bluestang Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 11 Credit: 2,185,284,992 RAC: 898	Message 1415 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 20:53:10 UTC Last modified: 16 May 2020, 20:54:06 UTC Why not just suspend new work and scheduler and let the validator run alone with no interference. Hell, I'd even suspend uploads too. No connections or nothing to bottleneck anything. Let them Pendings for everyone clear. ID: 1415 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

10esseeTony Send message Joined: 26 Apr 18 Posts: 4 Credit: 104,614,271 RAC: 0	Message 1416 - Posted: 16 May 2020, 21:00:42 UTC - in response to Message 1410. Nothing else but validator and scheduler is turned on now, but HDD just can't keep up. It didn't happen in the previous two years, I don't know why it's happening now. Read much? :P ID: 1416 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sergei Chernykh Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 5 Jan 17 Posts: 534 Credit: 72,451,573 RAC: 0	Message 1417 - Posted: 17 May 2020, 8:47:53 UTC It looks like the validation queue will be cleared by the end of today. ID: 1417 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote