I had many completed work unit waiting to upload. I know the server was down but why was I unable to download more work? My machine sat idle for 12 days. Here is a copy of my messages:
"6/17/2009 9:53:06 PM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_mruh_1967_2_006137923_3_3.zip: connect() failed
6/17/2009 9:53:06 PM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 2 hr 10 min 10 sec on upload of hadam3p_mruh_1967_2_006137923_3_3.zip
6/17/2009 9:53:07 PM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/17/2009 9:57:14 PM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/17/2009 9:57:16 PM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/17/2009 9:57:16 PM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip: connect() failed
6/17/2009 9:57:16 PM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 2 hr 52 min 1 sec on upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/17/2009 9:57:17 PM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/17/2009 10:33:58 PM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip
6/17/2009 10:34:05 PM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/17/2009 10:34:05 PM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip: connect() failed
6/17/2009 10:34:05 PM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 hr 31 min 51 sec on upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip
6/17/2009 10:34:06 PM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/18/2009 12:03:17 AM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_mruh_1967_2_006137923_3_3.zip
6/18/2009 12:03:19 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/18/2009 12:03:19 AM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_mruh_1967_2_006137923_3_3.zip: connect() failed
6/18/2009 12:03:19 AM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 3 hr 57 min 42 sec on upload of hadam3p_mruh_1967_2_006137923_3_3.zip
6/18/2009 12:03:20 AM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/18/2009 12:05:57 AM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip
6/18/2009 12:06:00 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/18/2009 12:06:00 AM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip: connect() failed
6/18/2009 12:06:00 AM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 2 hr 32 min 27 sec on upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip
6/18/2009 12:06:01 AM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/18/2009 12:49:18 AM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/18/2009 12:49:21 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/18/2009 12:49:21 AM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip: connect() failed
6/18/2009 12:49:21 AM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 44 min 23 sec on upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/18/2009 12:49:23 AM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/18/2009 1:33:44 AM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/18/2009 1:33:59 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/18/2009 1:33:59 AM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip: connect() failed
6/18/2009 1:33:59 AM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 hr 56 min 29 sec on upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/18/2009 1:34:00 AM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/18/2009 2:38:27 AM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip
6/18/2009 2:38:30 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/18/2009 2:38:30 AM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip: connect() failed
6/18/2009 2:38:30 AM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 hr 59 min 21 sec on upload of hadam3p_n03j_1983_2_006148617_0_3.zip
6/18/2009 2:38:31 AM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/18/2009 3:30:28 AM|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/18/2009 3:30:36 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/18/2009 3:30:36 AM|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip: connect() failed
6/18/2009 3:30:36 AM|climateprediction.net|Backing off 3 hr 33 min 43 sec on upload of hadam3p_n2c0_1969_2_006151514_1_3.zip
6/18/2009 3:30:37 AM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down."

I know there is nothing we can do about it now but what can I do in the future to get new work.

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Dean has reported in another thread that his problem is now solved and he has new work.

If you had any suspended CPDN models in the Tasks tab, BOINC wouldn't allow you to download any more. That's the BOINC rule. No new tasks allowed for projects that have suspended tasks. You'd have needed to resume the nearly-completed models temporarily before requesting new models.

If you saw this sort of message

18/06/2009 01:18:31|climateprediction.net|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
that would probably be the reason. BOINC was requesting no work at all.

It's a good idea to attach to one or two other projects as well just in case your computer ever runs out of work.

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If you had any suspended CPDN models in the Tasks tab, BOINC wouldn't allow you to download any more. That's the BOINC rule. No new tasks allowed for projects that have suspended tasks. You'd have needed to resume the nearly-completed models temporarily before requesting new models.

If you saw this sort of message

18/06/2009 01:18:31|climateprediction.net|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
that would probably be the reason. BOINC was requesting no work at all.

It's a good idea to attach to one or two other projects as well just in case your computer ever runs out of work.

Thank you for the quick reply. I had no tasks suspended but so many finished models and was awaiting upload.

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