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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Found a work unit with a rather ridiculous deadline of 33 hours. Been crunching this for 18 hours, says 21 to go. Is there a point to continuing? I doubt there are many machines out there that could finish this work unit in the allotted time ;)
----------------------------------------E000018_ 423A_ 00025p00x_ 2-- In Progress 12/18/08 10:21:22 12/19/08 19:57:22 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 E000018_ 423A_ 00025p00x_ 1-- Pending Validation 12/11/08 07:55:17 12/17/08 18:20:39 51.11 451.1 / 0.0 E000018_ 423A_ 00025p00x_ 0-- No Reply 12/11/08 07:53:01 12/18/08 07:53:01 0.00 0.0 / 0.0 *edit -> machine specs Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6] OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Business x64 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00) Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 8.17 GB virtual 2534 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU 7692 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 19, 2008 6:47:16 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Yes, please finish it. We know about the short deadlines.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Shall do. So "Too Late" results are still used/useful and aren't discarded?
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Hello Marnitz,
So "Too Late" results are still used/useful and aren't discarded? Yes, 'Too Late' just means that another copy has been sent out. The results are used. We are having trouble figuring out how long a CEP unit will take. Lawrence |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Yes, 'Too Late' just means that another copy has been sent out. The results are used. We are having trouble figuring out how long a CEP unit will take. Yes. The trouble is that the copies that are being sent out contain deadlines that are unreasonable. For example, I have a dual-core machine; two CEP units are now running at "High Priority" that have no hope of finishing before their current 32 hour deadlines. Both of these units put already running units into "Ready to Run" status which will, I assume, finish running later. I'm going to let them run until "Too late" finishes them, but I'm not sure that you're going to get any more information than the original "Too late" WUs have already given you. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I think there is some confusion, here.
"Too Late" is the status given to returned work units that arrived after the deadline. They are still validated and may receive credit (and, when the mistake is WCG's, as now, credit is always given if possible). Work units that miss the deadline are marked as "No Reply" if they haven't been returned. The original copies will have had normal deadlines. There is always a possibility that results will get returned after the system has given up on them. It's an acceptable waste. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thanks for the clarification. Here are my current WUs
Project Name: The Clean Energy Project Created: 12/12/08 Name: E000043_422A_00054r000 Project Name: The Clean Energy Project Created: 12/6/08 Name: E000027_371A_00035s00z If I let these units run to completion I believe that the currently non-CEP WUs that have been placed in "Waiting to Run" will also be placed in "Too Late" status. I don't know how acceptable that is. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Deadlines are 12-20 days. They aren't usually a limiting factor.
BOINC will automatically try to make all your deadlines as well as possible. |
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Mr. Met
Cruncher Joined: May 16, 2008 Post Count: 19 Status: Offline |
Are all the work units this long, Free Rice has about 8 hour work units
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Nutritious Rice for the World now has 10 hour work units.
The problem with CEP isn't that the work units are too long, it is that they vary too much in size (so yes, some of them are too long). |
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