Technical News, and SETI@home daily User-stats and Team-stats for 01. - 02.04.2008.

[Rattledagger]

Spring Forward (Mar 31 2008)

The last few days were a little bumpy, with our workunit storage server disappearing out from underneath us at random (see previous posts for more info). This is still not quite clearly understood. The reigning theory is there's some faulty connection somewhere between the front face of the system (where the reset button is located) and the internal circuitry. This isn't too hard to imagine as there are some servers sitting right on top of it, and pressing ever-so-slightly down on the server's faceplate. A month ago we added that new heavy router to the stack. Perhaps this is the problem, which leads us to the general (and incredibly annoying) rack standards issue: all server racks are by default non-standard size and shape, and therefore we aren't properly racking as much as stacking.

One of the upshots of this were beta uploads were failing all weekend in various ways, most likely due to partially broken mounts between the upload server and the storage server (which contains the beta uploads as well as workunits - SETI@home public uploads are kept right on the upload server itself). This was very difficult to understand, but even worse: it just suddenly started working again - and during a meeting no less (when nobody was actually sitting at a computer doing any tweaking).

I'm leaving early today to have a meeting down on campus with the donation department. Exchanging general ideas for improvement.

- Matt

Spring Back (Apr 01 2008)

Last night the workunit storage server acted up again. I attempted to reconfigure it at midnight last night, but then it reset itself an hour later, and again every hour since. So whatever the problem is, it's gotten worse. Jeff and I did some diagnosing during the regular weekly database backup outage today. The reigning theory is still a faulty faceplate sending erroneous resets to the motherboard. So as it stands now the server is running without its faceplate (and therefore no control panel - which makes powering on quite difficult)! And so far no resets. If this stays stable for a week I think we'll have nailed the problem. Meanwhile the kind folks at Adaptec already have a complete replacement at the ready if we need it - we might just need to replace the faceplate.

No other real big shakes about today's outage. I added more machines to the new kvm (which meant being able to pull more cables out of the closet) and we added a new field to the workunit table in the BOINC database - so far that hasn't broken anything as far as we can tell. The beta uploads are failing again, but hopefully that will clear up on its own like last time (I'd still like an explanation, however).

Happy April Fools, by the way!

- Matt

#____Total Work Done____Todays WD_______AWD________overtake________Team-name
01______483.734.384____1.244.931____1.239.735______impossible______SETI.USA
02______375.996.378______556.826______562.271______impossible______SETI.Germany
03______159.635.174______380.366______371.836______impossible______L'Alliance Francophone
04______126.969.719______152.129______154.873______impossible______BOINC Synergy
05______121.027.154_______53.028_______54.146______impossible______BroadbandReports.com Team Starfire
06______109.485.732______160.704______172.835______impossible______Czech National Team
07______103.669.968______146.440______151.512______impossible______SETI@Netherlands
08_______96.362.760______181.846______194.790______impossible______The Knights Who Say Ni!
09_______51.017.474_______99.620_______94.501______impossible______Overclockers.com
10_______44.526.947_______26.976_______35.512______impossible______Team Art Bell
11_______38.433.696______-27.150______-24.395______1.575 days______OcUK - Overclockers UK
12_______37.432.512_______19.099_______24.498______impossible______Team 2ch
13_______35.680.667_______75.973_______82.190______impossible______Team MacNN
14_______31.075.261_______15.760_______15.919______impossible______The Planetary Society
15_______16.215.507______-92.977______-95.224________170 days______BOINC.Italy
16________9.562.041______-46.432______-49.922________192 days______Ars Technica
17________7.046.197_______72.382_______65.254______impossible______Team China
18________3.817.103_______48.573_______31.910______impossible______SETI@Taiwan
19________2.846.155_______51.814_______56.209______impossible______Team Starfire World BOINC
20_______88.260.914______172.024______180.490______notanoption_____TeAm AnandTech
21_______-2.420.470________9.132_______-1.579______impossible______Phoenix Rising
22_______-4.218.235______-34.604______-43.168______impossible______Universe Examiners
23______-14.241.457_________-362_______-2.653______impossible______Canada
24______-17.574.822______-47.373______-48.194______impossible______Dutch Power Cows
25______-19.939.942______-46.953______-47.101______impossible______Amateur Radio Operators
26______-21.021.750_______27.335_______16.930______1.242 days______AUSTRIA - NATIONAL - TEAM
27______-21.047.494_______-6.693______-17.218______impossible______UK BOINC Team
28______-21.340.056________5.118________7.768______2.747 days______US NAVY
29______-23.285.764______-75.473______-79.707______impossible______PC Perspective Killer Frogs
30______-24.735.353______-73.364______-80.861______impossible______Hewlett-Packard
31______-26.866.051______-52.881______-48.118______impossible______BOINC@AUSTRALIA
32______-27.222.318______-36.938______-42.950______impossible______BOINC SETI@home RUSSIA
33______-27.381.623______-57.178______-58.848______impossible______Team NIPPON
34______-27.439.498_______-2.956_______-3.601______impossible______U.S.Air Force
35______-29.638.621______-87.800______-87.688______impossible______Team MacAddict
36______-31.313.346______-61.163______-65.474______impossible______Hungary
37______-31.359.423______-79.920______-83.570______impossible______BOINC@Denmark
38______-35.782.293_____-119.620_____-121.214______impossible______2CPU.com
39______-37.169.082_____-104.820_____-110.592______impossible______Planet 3DNow!
40______-40.790.078______-75.250______-84.486______impossible______SETI@klamm.de
41______-41.088.704______-87.896______-99.595______impossible______SETI.hr
42______-41.649.974_____-110.096_____-115.192______impossible______Portugal@Home
43______-44.197.238______-39.994______-48.915______impossible______BOINC@Poland
44______-46.183.623______-89.169______-99.298______impossible______BOINC.SK
45______-46.822.970______-99.169_____-102.120______impossible______SETI Sverige [Sweden]
46______-46.950.557_____-107.943_____-114.234______impossible______HispaSeti & BOINC
47______-47.596.354_____-117.786_____-120.912______impossible______Team EDGE
48______-49.382.914______-47.447______-48.977______impossible______Boone Community School District - Iowa
49______-49.581.988______-41.559______-51.540______impossible______Elite Games
50______-49.880.095______-64.988______-77.721______impossible______BOINC.BE

Appart for Anandtech's stats, it shows how much more/less than Anandtech.
Also shows based on Average Work Done how many days for Anandtech to overtake the team, or be overtaken by a team behind...



000______________Credit________Total_____ 
#00_____Pos._____/day__________credit_______User Name
001_____006_____28.434______3.059.571_____dajeepster
002_____001_____16.563______5.794.638_____keeleysam
003_____009_____15.729______2.245.078_____Todd Hebert
004_____005______9.595______4.018.172_____baxsie
005_____010______5.579______2.193.122_____Astro-AL
006_____003______5.375______4.474.239_____TenaciousT - Huntsville, AL
007_____002______4.369______5.465.374_____cory e
008_____021______3.986________843.209_____Jack Whitmire
009_____107______3.781________128.369_____tonyhams
010_____022______3.678________840.727_____CraigRT
011_____011______3.669______2.012.431_____Alan J. Simpson
012_____020______3.662________947.554_____plasma
013_____015______3.445______1.243.827_____Bryan Wallace
014_____028______3.311________607.229_____TeAm Enterprise
015_____019______3.290________988.069_____RussianSensation
016_____017______3.250______1.171.723_____Arlen - Team AnandTech
017_____008______2.060______2.248.174_____del Sol
018_____013______1.950______1.546.597_____petrusbroder
019_____025______1.700________767.239_____Chris S
020_____045______1.668________392.086_____Yooshaw
021_____024______1.599________794.936_____WhoKnows
022_____033______1.434________540.307_____Niege
023_____048______1.391________357.852_____Slawterr
024_____004______1.369______4.142.154_____Ace
025_____081______1.299________190.302_____freakyfragiles
026_____039______1.245________470.196_____Voodoo
027_____043______1.204________409.494_____Splotto
028_____405______1.173__________7.031_____Jake
029_____037______1.164________510.539_____QuietDad
030_____084______1.102________182.511_____Wiz
031_____018______1.092______1.108.362_____mk
032_____012________997______1.973.165_____nova
033_____054________969________318.096_____RedFish
034_____058________941________272.058_____RoHo (Apple G5 dual 2.3)
035_____047________900________362.816_____Boosted Def
036_____049________792________348.470_____groundedsailor
037_____034________782________535.172_____Fee
038_____088________771________174.043_____Zim Hosein
039_____138________756_________91.116_____jetskr9
040_____063________754________249.930_____JCA
041_____117________739________119.620_____hymy
042_____118________651________119.589_____Jesper Sorensen
043_____128________645________103.825_____Grimner
044_____051________616________333.259_____rlame
045_____113________610________123.547_____Phaxmohdem
046_____064________608________246.198_____Spongebob_fan
047_____032________585________552.759_____Wayne S
048_____046________584________371.696_____DimensionX
049_____167________579_________66.005_____Cheex
050_____085________568________182.338_____aftp
051_____098________563________153.918_____jlaine
052_____030________521________600.091_____Chris Buchach
053_____089________509________173.798_____vulcan800
054_____140________508_________89.524_____Dragonslayere
055_____500________483__________2.391_____SSchatz1
056_____100________480________146.757_____chusteczka
057_____087________478________176.702_____CheesePoofs
058_____400________467__________7.407_____Kyle
059_____069________425________220.927_____Soggy
060_____218________425_________38.256_____McCormick
061_____104________423________137.632_____zordz
062_____035________417________529.803_____Rich Hisgen
063_____246________396_________30.075_____Xander Dracon [A]
064_____076________392________207.603_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech
065_____099________383________150.125_____Soni
066_____119________380________113.405_____Webmonkey
067_____096________376________155.888_____SilverHair
068_____139________333_________91.097_____theguru
069_____031________328________582.337_____Ingleside
070_____060________326________269.966_____Alpha Psi
071_____170________315_________62.241_____rleach2
072_____153________313_________79.566_____Shelgeyr
073_____042________302________436.207_____LANMAN
074_____066________292________238.353_____Patrick Van Uffelen
075_____165________291_________69.329_____Thunder
076_____075________290________207.773_____panhead49
077_____093________284________157.692_____ElFenix
078_____036________275________512.158_____Pokey
079_____080________272________196.446_____Jason
080_____059________253________270.792_____bsauerbr
081_____092________250________159.059_____jjsetihead
082_____300________236_________19.899_____amish
083_____252________220_________28.447_____Teijo Santala
084_____106________208________129.568_____iamwiz82
085_____027________193________621.209_____matchbook
086_____156________180_________77.631_____liquidsun
087_____401________180__________7.394_____mike.waldock
088_____426________180__________5.093_____Dan Clark
089_____086________172________178.974_____mnelsonx
090_____029________156________605.938_____homeless
091_____007________153______2.478.273_____amd.borg
092_____090________149________170.962_____Spocko
093_____260________146_________26.913_____Evadman
094_____175________145_________60.554_____Citrix
095_____254________142_________28.191_____Ken_g6 - Team Anandtech
096_____186________139_________55.056_____Raymond
097_____316________133_________17.618_____Ric
098_____077________130________205.304_____Michael G. Potter
099_____155________127_________77.903_____Akim.NET
100_____142________124_________88.295_____Mortimer
101_____372________106_________10.164_____Doug
102_____067_________90________228.641_____bountyhunterxl
103_____074_________89________210.924_____minendo
104_____176_________86_________60.129_____GhettoFob
105_____444_________84__________4.378_____MooCow
106_____271_________76_________25.203_____TA_JC
107_____112_________73________124.085_____Coolkid
108_____061_________72________267.687_____Steve
109_____072_________72________214.978_____Viperoni
110_____111_________72________124.249_____mrbeci
111_____133_________72_________97.861_____aka1nas
112_____141_________72_________89.501_____Vindum
113_____146_________72_________84.954_____Lorenzo Macuja
114_____281_________72_________23.615_____Kaasbytes
115_____291_________72_________21.159_____THE TERMINATOR
116_____263_________70_________26.534_____DMuns
117_____055_________69________285.925_____gobbletwo
118_____259_________68_________27.371_____Takemaru
119_____079_________64________196.670_____Swanny
120_____110_________64________124.277_____cryhavoc
121_____311_________64_________18.579_____cgmartin85
122_____014_________54______1.285.213_____Sofa King
123_____181_________54_________57.641_____David Settlemoir
124_____504_________53__________2.245_____jiverson
125_____101_________52________143.957_____Baluba
126_____103_________41________139.933_____caddlad
127_____134_________41_________97.850_____DJB
128_____275_________34_________24.361_____James
129_____276_________34_________24.329_____JPHendrix
130_____116_________31________120.975_____Jester67
131_____240_________19_________31.006_____Lonestar
132_____199_________17_________46.257_____serialb
133_____204_________17_________44.039_____ironman@sidetracks
134_____324_________17_________16.449_____cyost91

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks for the info and the stats, Rattledagger!

 

[bryanW1995]

thanks for the stats, RD! I got the ip35-e in today (acording to fedex), now I just need the x3350 by sat and I'll be ready to rock!

 

[Zim Hosein]

038_____088________771________174.043_____Zim Hosein

Thanks for the Technical News, SETI@home daily User-stats and Team-stats Rattledagger! :beer: