Posts by old_user553658

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problem (Message 37475) Posted 14 Jul 2009 by old_user553658 Post: With around 3 terabytes of science data being stored, things do slow down occasionally. So it appears. Things are still in limbo... the last message complement reads: 14-Jul-09 2:32:14 AM climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip 14-Jul-09 2:32:16 AM Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 14-Jul-09 2:32:16 AM climateprediction.net Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip: connect() failed 14-Jul-09 2:32:16 AM climateprediction.net Backing off 3 hr 7 min 25 sec on upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip 14-Jul-09 2:32:17 AM Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. Also, you say you have space for 3 Tb of data. I am going to pretend I know what I'm talking about :p ... but that equates to 14 of my computers' worth of memory and space (I only have 1, lol). For a project that's the largest climatological research job in the world using DC technology, that sounds like a real paucity of space. Maybe I should contribute Ã‚Â£ to the effort so you all can get a spare PC or something for events such as this :) Seriously... is that the answer, more space? Credits are allocated per trickle, all the way through the creation of a model. And you don't lose them, even for models that fail. I looked up trickles, and I get how they work... kudos to the BOINC Wiki. Does that mean I already have the credit, that it's reflected in the rankings I look up for myself? Or is that credit latent, credited tentatively but somehow undisplayed pending a confirmation? If I have it already, do I need to worry if the data -ever- gets uploaded?... ...(from above rhetorical question) FYI, yes, I care very much about it being uploaded. I'm crunching for credit, sure, but I do so for our common knowledge as we try to save this planet we've already f----- up enough. I've read the business about the 14-day deadline thing, and how to extend it if need be. I don't care if I see the points already posted to my name... I'm here to help you all get that WU of mine, along with the 2 others I'm now doing, to you in good order. I'm not going to let that data go down the loo-throne. If I need help finding or working with those files to extend time, I will come a-calling. Our Earth and my personal contributions toward understanding it and predicting future climactic change mean enough to me to make a serious pest of myself getting help with what I can't figure out by RTFM'ing. As for weekends here, they do exist. I actually don't obligate myself to work much on Saturdays or at all on Sundays, though I generally do. And my computer knoweth not a Sabbath...
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problem (Message 37461) Posted 13 Jul 2009 by old_user553658 Post: Got a failure-to-upload problem, which seems to be de rigueur in order to crunch on this project... :p Here's the feedback: 13-Jul-09 2:31:48 AM climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip 13-Jul-09 2:31:50 AM climateprediction.net [error] Error reported by file upload server: Server is out of disk space 13-Jul-09 2:31:50 AM climateprediction.net Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip: transient upload error 13-Jul-09 2:31:50 AM climateprediction.net Backing off 27 min 9 sec on upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip (and later)13-Jul-09 2:59:00 AM climateprediction.net Backing off 3 hr 10 min 33 sec on upload of hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_2.zip This has happened several times... there appeared to be 2 accompanying files, hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_1.zip and hadam3p_n0q3_1995_2_006079789_2_3.zip, and they uploaded after a couple of aborts. However, it looks like the big file doesn't want to or can't be uploaded. What is a transient upload error, btw? Transient (<L transiens, -ntis transiting, temporarily visiting, going across, pres. part. of transire, to move across) implies temporary in nature. I do hope so :) Also, I read that there is a logjam of WU's waiting to be processed and such; how long should I expect to wait? N.B. the message about your server being out of space... what's up? Did someone go on leave and let everything kind of pile up? Last, am I in any danger of losing this WU, of it just giving up like another guy's WU did? If so, please let me know any steps I might take to avoid this. And my CPU put in 228h 2m 41s on this baby... I do hope my credit isn't in jeopardy, as I am competitive and would like to see the points :) Thanks... to a better knowledge of our climate... :)