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Secoh

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Message 6627 - Posted 30 Mar 2012 10:37:45 UTC
Last modified: 30 Mar 2012 11:00:08 UTC

We've detected a possible severe problem with the team stats reporting of the docking project.

As you can see in the linked graph, it seems that there since about one week, the stats of our team DPC are showing some really strange values, and it does not seem to stabilize at all. Strangely enough the stats of most other teams seem to be unaffected until now.

Stats problem?

Please investigate this possible database or reporting error, we really enjoy to have reliable stats values as it is an important part of the psychological reward most members get from partipating in projects like this.

;)

Secoh
Team Dutch Power Cows

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Message 6628 - Posted 30 Mar 2012 11:00:42 UTC

UK BOINC Team stats went down at 20.00h yesterday on this project.

Rick.

DigiK-oz

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Message 6629 - Posted 30 Mar 2012 11:03:53 UTC
Last modified: 30 Mar 2012 11:04:29 UTC

Hehe, he is just kidding. We are having our annual "stampede" in april, and this year docking has been selected as "victim" :)

In hope the project servers can handle the increased load.....so far, so good!

cheers!

jdvb

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Message 6630 - Posted 30 Mar 2012 11:36:12 UTC

There is a problem, my stats aren't high enough (yet)
I guess I should let a few extra cores crunch some more then :D

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Message 6632 - Posted 2 Apr 2012 13:31:08 UTC
Last modified: 2 Apr 2012 13:33:40 UTC

The problem with "stampedes" like yours is that it creates extra demand for Wu's causing a shortage of available Wu's to regular crunchers, many of whom don't run other projects.

I tend to run only a small cache due to running GPUGRID on the same machine which results in me running out of Docking Wu's unless I download a load at once and then reset my cache down to 0.1 days for GPUGRID.

[DPC]Charley

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Message 6633 - Posted 2 Apr 2012 19:34:09 UTC
Last modified: 2 Apr 2012 19:35:55 UTC

We know. We are noticing the shortage too. ;) The strain on the project is why our crew always contacts the project crew some time in advance. If they tell us that they can't handle it we'll move it to another project. Don't remember it ever happening though, but it wouldn't bring us anything to completely wreck a project. :)

Profile Butuz

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Message 6635 - Posted 2 Apr 2012 23:44:21 UTC

It seems docking servers can not handle the strain of some prime beef milk and cheese :-)

I hope docking can increase their servers in order to cope as the power cows stampede is exactly what this very worthy and under utilised project needs.

The worst thing for the docking team would be for poor server performance to put new users such as the cows, and existing ones such as us off the project because they can't get work. Sort it out please docking guys.

In the mean time I am eating a half pund buyer and cheese and washing it down with a glass of milk. Hopefully that will help the servers a bit !!!

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