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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2171 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I just found out that BOINC on one of my computers started complaining (4 hours ago):
02-Nov-2023 12:55:29 [World Community Grid] Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU and then 02-Nov-2023 13:00:44 [World Community Grid] Scheduler request failed: Error 408ceaselessly, ad nauseam ... 02-Nov-2023 16:51:45 [World Community Grid] Scheduler request failed: Error 408 Since my other computers are running fine and the network on the problematic computer seemed OK, I tried to find out what was wrong. I found this post in the BOINC forum. I restarted the client and it worked immediately: Thu 02 Nov 2023 16:52:25 | World Community Grid | Reporting 66 completed tasks Adri |
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MarkH
Advanced Cruncher United States of America Joined: May 16, 2020 Post Count: 56 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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That makes it all the weirder, Sgt. Joe. My internet connection isn't dropping out; I'll get messages about "no work available" sometimes only to get WUs minutes later, but having to keep doing manual retries for my paltry 20-25 units (I tweaked it recently, but meh). Having been with WCG before the Great Migration it's obvious something is amiss, but not what that something is. I'm still managing to contribute to the research, but this cobbled-together network and storage WCG is running is just awful.
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7696 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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That makes it all the weirder, Sgt. Joe. My internet connection isn't dropping out; I'll get messages about "no work available" sometimes only to get WUs minutes later, but having to keep doing manual retries for my paltry 20-25 units (I tweaked it recently, but meh). Having been with WCG before the Great Migration it's obvious something is amiss, but not what that something is. I'm still managing to contribute to the research, but this cobbled-together network and storage WCG is running is just awful. Check your preferences. I have the profile for my Windows machine set to a maximum of 10 work units for an 8 thread machine. When the queue is full (10 workunits) I will get the message " No tasks are available for Mapping Cancer Markers" which makes sense since the queue is full per the limit I have set in the profile. The reason the system is looking for more work units is the preference I have set for storing at least 2 days of work will be looking to get more work units, but is constrained by the limit set in the profile.This system has kept a rock steady queue of 10 work units for a long time, as long as the supply of MCM units is steady and available. Once another project I am interested in becomes available, I will tweak both the profile and the preferences to maintain a full queue with the least amount of intervention on my part. Cheers Edit: Update 02:25 UTC Nov. 10. It appears that "rock steady" has gone the way of the dodo bird. Without any more work units, all of my systems will be dry soon. 3 out of 4 are dry now. The last one will be dry in about an hour. Unfortunately my backup project DENIS@Home is also out of work. Once the machines are out of work, I shut all but one down and then wait. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7696 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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As per others, all machines are now dry.
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thunder7
Senior Cruncher Netherlands Joined: Mar 6, 2013 Post Count: 232 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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With nothing better to do, I executed the restart that was necessary after some updates, and got 103 new tasks. Given it runs 88 at a time, that isn't too much, but still. Something is moving. On friday!
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nivrip
Senior Cruncher North Yorkshire Joined: Sep 13, 2007 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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As per others, all machines are now dry. Cheers That's weird. I'm getting plenty of new WUs.
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Mike.Gibson
Ace Cruncher England Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Post Count: 12436 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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nivrip
They restarted soon after Sgt.Joe's post. Mike |
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Mike.Gibson
Ace Cruncher England Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Post Count: 12436 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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.... but they have stopped again.
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7696 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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.... but they have stopped again. Mike Queues are stiil full here and being replenished, at least for the moment.. Cheers
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Mike.Gibson
Ace Cruncher England Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Post Count: 12436 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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It would seem that there is a shortage of units allocated to Windows machines.
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