Posts by old_user582229

1) Message boards : Number crunching : CANNOT UPLOAD ZIP FILE FOR hadsM3mh (Message 38876) Posted 7 Feb 2010 by old_user582229 Post: Don\'t worry Jim I too have a WU hadsm3h_kqm8_006483428_3 stuck at the uploading stage. Things will get going again after the weekend.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Fastest Stable HadSM3MH? (Message 38732) Posted 16 Jan 2010 by old_user582229 Post: All my boxes run Windows. i did have a box running Linux for a while but the climate models ran slightly slower over time so I abandoned it. Even then I could run the graphics mode. Your computers are hidden so I can\'t look at your models directly and see what is happening to them. I\'m not able to tell if it\'s an iceball or not (can\'t look at graphics). I did check the P1 & P2 graphs: They appear normal temperature and pressure. I have an i7 running on Fedora linux x86_64. Why do I have such good sec/TS? Could be because I run a mix of projects?
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Fastest Stable HadSM3MH? (Message 38730) Posted 15 Jan 2010 by old_user582229 Post: DJStarfox I have 16 of these models running on i7 boxes and they all run ~1 second per T/S. I have 4 of these models running on a Phenom quad which run at ~.95 - .97 seconds per T/S. I wonder if your model is on a AMD based machine, in which case it could well be a fast running Iceball world. Click on the model concerned then on the \"Show graphics\" button on the left side of the BOINC Manager and have a look at your world. If it is a uniform colour, then you have an Iceworld.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : troubles uploading (Message 38687) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by old_user582229 Post: Darn, ran out of time to edit, which reads as follows: As in you want to use a couple of TB drives on my server, or you want me to send you a couple of TB drives? Cheers David EDIT: Actually, thinking about it some more, I could simply switch four TB drives in a mirror array (2TB total) to a crunch box and you can run the whole thing from your end. At long as it keeps crunching the MH climate models, for Iain\'s Iceworld study, I don\'t really care what else it does, I am happy. I don\'t view disk storage as particularly CPU intensive. I would give you a i7 running Windows 7 I also have a couple of oil cooled 5970 blocks on order (Milkyway/Collatz), so it would be easy to cool the HD\'s if required. The CPU is already oil cooled. Iain has my email it you wish to take up this offer. The servers are running out of storage space. Data is being moved, but the progress is slow. If someone has a few spare giga-terabyte HDs lying around that they could donate ..... :) As in you want to use a couple of TB drives on my server, or you want me to send you a couple of TB drives? Cheers David The servers are running out of storage space. Data is being moved, but the progress is slow. If someone has a few spare giga-terabyte HDs lying around that they could donate ..... :)
5) Message boards : Number crunching : troubles uploading (Message 38685) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by old_user582229 Post: As in you want to use a couple of TB drives on my server, or you want me to send you a couple of TB drives? Cheers David The servers are running out of storage space. Data is being moved, but the progress is slow. If someone has a few spare giga-terabyte HDs lying around that they could donate ..... :)
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38505) Posted 11 Dec 2009 by old_user582229 Post: That\'s a pretty complicated method for me. My method is way simpler! 1) Model starts 2) Press the \'Show graphics\' button in BOINC. 3) Press <Ctrl> Q to start recording. 4) If Iceworld develops, send the relevant .CPDN file to Iain. I do admit you need to reset the recording each time BOINC shuts down, which can be a nuisance, and you need a couple hundred GB\'s of spare disk storage. Cheers David Here is a summary of the steps needed to submit an iceworld: [Les Bayliss wrote:] 1) Backup your current position and make sure to put it somewhere safe. With an appropriate label! You\'re going to need this to continue later! 2) Restore the pre-iceworld backup. 3) Make sure that the project is set to \'No new tasks\' in the Projects tab. 4) Make sure that BOINC is set to Network activity suspended. 5) Suspend all models except for the \'iceworld\'. 6) Press the \'Show graphics\' button in BOINC. 7) Press <Ctrl> Q to start recording. (Or run the model for a while first, to get closer to the failure point. It took me a while to do this, because I kept missing it.) 8) Close the graphics window (the recording will carry on). 9) Save the relevant .cpdn file. (I saved half a dozen before and after. To be sure; to be sure.) 10) Copy the GOOD backup back to the working location. 11) Continue from where you were. (You can Abort the \'iceworld\' model.) 12) Get the address from Iain for sending the file. 13) Send it. Thanks to Les for that. I added a couple of steps to start/stop the graphics.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : troubles uploading (Message 38449) Posted 3 Dec 2009 by old_user582229 Post: The CPDN server that was down for data removal was probably reenabled just before your files were able to upload. So there wasn\'t a weird bug.... Thanks guys, I realised that later, after going through all the recent threads. Just weird timing on my part.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : troubles uploading (Message 38444) Posted 3 Dec 2009 by old_user582229 Post: Hi, I currently have 10 HADAM3P 6.06 files stuck at the uploading stage. These are across two Intel i7 boxes and an AMD box. Is it a server problem, or, because I changed my profile to only accept mid Holocene models to help Iain with his Iceworld study? OK, answered my own question. I have, temporarily, re-enabled HADAM3P acceptance, and I can now upload. Weird bug.
9) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : installing bonic on openSUSE 11.2 (Message 38310) Posted 14 Nov 2009 by old_user582229 Post: I just download the *.sh file from BOINC and run it in my home directory. I am running SuSE 11.1 and have downloaded 11.2. But the latest BOINC version is 6.10.17. I am not using CUDA, so I can\'t tell you if it works with CUDA apps. Just look at the SETI forum, they are using CUDA. Also Einstein. Tullio We have the .sh file. Installing it is the problem. I have managed to get the 32bit version running under wine, but really want the native 64 bit version, if possible, under 11.2. Amazingly, there is only a .2 second per T/S hit for this config as opposed to running under Vista 64. (1.56 vs 1.36).
10) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : installing bonic on openSUSE 11.2 (Message 38306) Posted 13 Nov 2009 by old_user582229 Post: Hi does anyone have the rpm files to install bonic. or have the command lines to do it plz any help i will be great full for. i have also used the wine feture with no luck PS. will it install the 6.6.10+ versions for the cuda\'s
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Requesting work .. \"Project has no new jobs available.\" But-- (Message 38258) Posted 4 Nov 2009 by old_user582229 Post: I am back to normal as well. Downloading a couple of Hadam3p\'s as I type.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Requesting work .. \"Project has no new jobs available.\" But-- (Message 38251) Posted 4 Nov 2009 by old_user582229 Post: A message has been posted somewhere Milo will see, so he should pick it up tomorrow morning. It seems to be a general problem rather than some individual preferences issue. I am now running my backup project (Cosmology) which has downloaded and is running happily. GPU project, (Milkyway) is also running happily.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Requesting work .. \"Project has no new jobs available.\" But-- (Message 38249) Posted 3 Nov 2009 by old_user582229 Post: I too am getting no work for one of my cores that has run out. Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting new tasks for CPU and GPU Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Message from server:(Project has no jobs available) Have recently got both hadsm3mh and hadam3p units. Running 6.10.17 Everything selected. Increased work buffer to two days still no change. Core down over 12 hours now.
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38229) Posted 31 Oct 2009 by old_user582229 Post: Slab: hadsm3fub_kf5n_006476821 has developed into an Iceworld at 86.170%. WU 6694993 Recording is on. CPDN files show 4:11PM 116KB 4:11PM 85KB 4:12PM 10KB 4:13PM 10KB 4:14PM 11KB 4:15PM 10KB 4:17PM 4KB Iceworld detector shows: Phase 3, Step 118,822, Trickle 59, First TS 1.31, Last TS 1.30, Ratio 1.0. Model is still running, please advise.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38224) Posted 30 Oct 2009 by old_user582229 Post: David, The Intel models have been added to the set of graphs now. Forewarned is normally forearmed - however, with two i7 machines the chance of anyone being ahead of you in those work units is slim. Still, you\'ll know to check the machine if the seconds/timestep heads skywards. Iain Thanks for that Iain, I was considering asking for this, but decided you would think I was being lazy. hadsm3fub_kcb5_006473131 shows a spike, but that was due to a reset to the beginning of phase two after a power cut. My bad, too many computers off one surge protector. lol. We had another power cut this morning and another, hadsm3fub_kgvz_006479065_9, reset to start, but that spike has not shown up yet. I also noticed all the recordings stopped and had to be restarted for all WU\'s. I am, actually, following for three of the units. David
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38214) Posted 28 Oct 2009 by old_user582229 Post: OK, they\'re the ones now at http://www.bridge-9.org.uk/temp/dg/6697305.html etc. The list will be updated as models finish. I\'m rather busy for a couple of weeks, but eventually the script will be changed to create the pages from a host id, then no human intervention will be required. :-) Any idea how much the dip would be? There\'s an AMD example way back in this thread, here - second graph. OK then. That\'s easy, I\'ll just check the Wu\'s once a day and look for dips. Looking at your graph, the bluey seems to only affect two trickles, so if I find any, I will copy the relevant TS\'s to a Iceworld directory, post here, and await further instructions. PS: I could not resist checking the \'Disk Tab\' bug with this version of BOINC and things kept working fine (12.66GB on that i7 so far). I also checked an .tmp directory after a phase change and that model is working fine as well.
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38212) Posted 28 Oct 2009 by old_user582229 Post: The four AMD models are as follows: hadsm3dhet2_ul4a_006479812_6 .96 s/TS @ 65.16% complete. hadsm3fub_kh70_006479462_0 .99 s/TS @ 59.37% complete. hadsm3fub_kgzi_006479192_2 .96 s/TS @ 55.53% complete. hadsm3fub_kgxv_006479133_9 .97 s/TS @ 52.66% complete. I also have a 4850 x 2 using .05% CPU / core to crunch GPU Milkyway WU\'s. I have changed my setting to 1% of GPU for grapics, so should not slow things too much. Any idea how much the dip would be?
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38210) Posted 28 Oct 2009 by old_user582229 Post: That\'s great, David. My iceworld rate is about one in seven, so you should find they start to come in pretty quickly from 19 models. Remember that AMD iceworlds are sneaky: they run fast - how you\'re going to spot those I don\'t know. (I could set up a logging script here, actually, and send you a PM heads-up; that\'s how I do my own.) Great thanks. From tomorrow I will be at 20 models on three computers, two i7\'s and the Phenom. I could buy another screen and put the four AMD models on it so when I am working I would see a bluey when it happens. Belt and Braces, I know. What I have found is that: 1. Recording survives a phase change, at which point it will start overwriting any \'.cpdn\' files with the same name (the filename includes the timestep but not the phase). The \'.cpdn\' file itself contains a record of the current phase, so I can \'disambiguate\' without needing any other information. Great, so if they overwrite I don\'t need to delete, after each phase, as I should not exceed 8 * ~30GB (240GB)of data. Is that a correct understanding? This also brings up another question. Do the .tmp files stay after the model ends? 2. Recording of models is independent, so BOINC will record as many models as the machine can take. However, I have found that my Q9550 just cannot handle four models recording at the same time: it runs for a few days, then all four models crash with the \'no finished file\' error. The models then restart without needing to be restored from backup, but the recording does not restart. That\'s why I take phase-change backups and record. Belt and braces. This could be a concern as I run two i7\'s,each with eight cores. I guess we will know in a couple of days how many it can record at a time.lol. 3. Other ways of crashing the models and stopping the recording include \'looking at the disk tab in BOINC Manager\', \'looking at the tmp folder while BOINC is running\' and \'anything unusual happening on the PC\'. Currently running version 6.10.16 but will avoid looking at the disk tab while models are running. Thanks for this tip PS I don\'t know whether the new batch of slabs turn into iceworlds. I guess we\'ll find out.
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Iceworld Appeal (Message 38207) Posted 28 Oct 2009 by old_user582229 Post: Iain, I will gladly help with your Iceworld project, as I can. I am currently running 19 models, and have set all to record mode. Only four are AMD. As I only have 400GB dedicated to BOINC per computer I will delete the .CPDN\'s after each phase change. It pleases me to think some use will be made of my blues\'. Is there anyway to set the models to automatically record when they start to run? Cheers David
20) Message boards : Number crunching : HADAM3P NOT Compatible with Pentium3s & AthlonXPs (Message 37868) Posted 22 Aug 2009 by old_user582229 Post: I am running an Athlon 64 3500+ which features sse2 but after 112 hours I got this message then the whole thing crashed. Can I turn off the spinning globe thing? IntelÂ® Visual Fortran run-time error Forrtl: severe (38): error during write, unit 8 file C:\\Documents and Settlements\\All Users\\Application Data\\BOINC\\projects\\climateprediction.net\\hadam3p_ma6e_1987_2_1006334352\\tmp\\pipe_dummy Image PC Routine Line Source hadam3p_um_6.06_w 0084E86A Unknown Unknown Unknown hadam3p_um_6.06_w 0084AE49 Unknown Unknown Unknown hadam3p_um_6.06_w007D2F4D Unknown Unknown Unknown hadam3p_um_6.06_w 007D2198 Unknown Unknown Unknown hadam3p_um_6.06_w 007AB500 Unknown Unknown Unknown hadam3p_um_6.06_w 00738A6A Unknown Unknown Unknown hadam3p_um_6.06_w 007805C7 Unknown Unknown Unknown kernel32.dll 7C817077 Unknown Unknown Unknown My new file has come up with a similar message after only 9.986 hours. Iâ€™m not a happy camper! Will an AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz 8MB AM3; Asustek M4A79T-Deluxe AM3 790FX DDR3 ATX; And, 4GB DDR3 SDRAM upgrade fix the problem? Kind Regards David.