Technical News, SETI@home daily User-stats and Team-stats for 01. - 03.10.2008.

[Rattledagger]

The Return of Bruno (Sep 30 2008)

We had an extended outage today (more than the regular 3-4 hour database maintenance outage) to finally upgrade one of our core servers, bruno. Usually the OS upgrades are trivial, however this particular machine required a little extra TLC, due to its functional importance, as well as its unique (but admittedly not that unusual) hardware configuration. In regards to the latter, we basically put off upgrading this system until a modern day OS would automatically support its fibre channel card (as opposed to us having to compile drivers into the kernel, etc... blech...).

Anywho... there were no major failures during the long procedure (which included backing everything up, reconfiguring root RAID devices (while trying not to destroy others), then resetting all the network/RAID/apache/etc. services). It still took longer than it should due to a steady stream of minor annoyances (installer crash on first attempt, missing sym links that had to be discovered/recreated, missing packages to be installed, having to recompile every BOINC service due to standard library changes). Doesn't matter - it's done. Or at least done enough - there are still some screws to tighten which I'll tackle later.

So, we'll be catching up for a while. If at first you don't connect, let your client try again later.

- Matt

Busy Busy (Oct 01 2008)

Random day. Fixed more stuff on bruno (which got upgraded yesterday), most notably the update_stats process which needed to be recompiled to find newer libraries. Also dealt with lots of internal data pipeline management. And some subversion repository cleanup (in preparation to possibly improve web page translations).

The big thing is that I finally got some time to reconfigure that one RAID5 system into RAID10 (effectively), and the write rates increased by over 16x. Now we're talking. As we get more disk space to work with, we'll pretty much convert all our RAID5's to something else to help get beyond several backend IO bottlenecks. I know this sounds like we only now just discovered the joys of non-parity-based RAID systems, but - like most things around here - we are always firmly aware of better solutions but lack to resources to enact them. Pretty much all our RAID5 systems were built grudgingly but we needed the extra storage at the time.

- Matt

Thursday Thoughts (Oct 02 2008)

Not much to report, really. We had a couple blips or brownouts which were minor and easily corrected. Mostly spending my day working on R&D type stuff (mysql replication, radar blanking, etc.) and data pipeline management - this included boxing up freshly reformatted drives to ship to Arecibo.

One thing in the works, maybe, is changing the workunit redundancy to effectively zero. There is already the mechanism in BOINC to "trust" hosts that continually return validated work. These hosts are then sent workunits that only they will have to process (not a redundant "wingman"). No validation is required (or actually possible) upon returning the result, and no waiting on others for credit, either. Of course, even trusted hosts will get occasional tests to prove they are still trustworthy. Plus there are quick tests we can do on the backend in lieu of "comparison validation." Other pros for doing this include using half the resources for the same amount of science (hooray!) and potentially getting through our backlog of data twice as fast.

The cons are mostly concerns. If we try to keep up with current demand for work we'd have to run twice as many splitters, which is impossible given our current resources (we'd at least need more cpus, more disks, and better disk i/o). Or we could split at today's rate and regularly run out of work, which might upset some people. If we do increase our splitter production rate and burn through our data, we will even more likely run out of work on a regular basis (since we can't pad fresh data with old data if we used up the old data).

Just some thoughts for now. We haven't really decided on anything yet.

- Matt

Average for 01.10.2008 and 02.10.2008, there wasn't any stats generated for 01., since they forgot to re-compile the stats-script after OS-upgrade.

#____Total Work Done____Todays WD_______AWD________overtake________Team-name
01______667.661.634______867.513______738.055______impossible______SETI.USA
02______476.194.661______648.231______543.175______impossible______SETI.Germany
03______209.915.184______276.840______229.251______impossible______L'Alliance Francophone
04______129.486.021_______32.948________3.889______impossible______BOINC Synergy
05______127.622.538______169.983______157.009______impossible______The Knights Who Say Ni!
06______119.217.177______147.440______123.843______impossible______SETI@Netherlands
07______118.564.760______158.134______113.067______impossible______Czech National Team
08______118.112.766______-35.699______-50.169______2.354 days______BroadbandReports.com Team Starfire
09_______70.147.030_______91.722_______63.430______impossible______Overclockers.com
10_______34.362.913_______28.333________9.672______impossible______Team 2ch
11_______27.108.909_____-123.379_____-111.038________244 days______Team Art Bell
12_______26.025.001______-73.886______-80.291________324 days______Team MacNN
13_______22.112.858______-99.857______-91.011________243 days______OcUK - Overclockers UK
14_______22.046.944______-32.544______-34.271________643 days______The Planetary Society
15________5.373.990______-15.277______-24.027________224 days______Team Starfire World BOINC
16________3.108.119_______11.924_______-3.838________810 days______SETI@Taiwan
17________1.100.530______-67.687______-36.841_________30 days______Team China
18______141.061.841______304.507______275.198______notanoption_____TeAm AnandTech
19______-18.090.071_____-189.720_____-177.619______impossible______BOINC.Italy
20______-19.153.475_____-171.291_____-157.259______impossible______Ars Technica
21______-25.984.494_______10.977_______-8.882______impossible______US NAVY
22______-26.853.144_____-169.884_____-157.184______impossible______Phoenix Rising
23______-31.376.165______-92.346______-92.151______impossible______Canada
24______-36.626.701______-69.081______-66.422______impossible______U.S.Air Force
25______-36.759.674______-25.303______-26.934______impossible______Amateur Radio Operators
26______-36.786.342_____-183.727_____-174.823______impossible______Universe Examiners
27______-41.124.172_____-130.915_____-110.542______impossible______UK BOINC Team
28______-41.779.935_____-130.624_____-126.842______impossible______Dutch Power Cows
29______-44.913.196______-91.830______-81.786______impossible______BOINC@AUSTRALIA
30______-45.069.268_____-157.387_____-149.978______impossible______AUSTRIA - NATIONAL - TEAM
31______-45.146.278_____-149.442_____-141.807______impossible______PC Perspective Killer Frogs
32______-51.998.508_____-116.682_____-112.637______impossible______BOINC SETI@home RUSSIA
33______-55.770.834_____-145.874_____-140.904______impossible______Team NIPPON
34______-59.042.426_____-121.273_____-112.920______impossible______BOINC@Denmark
35______-62.562.025______-78.894______-80.201______impossible______BOINC@Poland
36______-62.776.255_____-170.973_____-161.966______impossible______Hungary
37______-64.998.962_____-246.293_____-225.012______impossible______Hewlett-Packard
38______-67.695.258_____-225.469_____-201.643______impossible______Team MacAddict
39______-69.848.716_____-167.549_____-156.004______impossible______Planet 3DNow!
40______-71.030.150______-83.555______-99.349______impossible______Elite Games
41______-77.279.765_____-230.907_____-214.675______impossible______2CPU.com
42______-78.912.484_____-227.158_____-203.101______impossible______SETI@klamm.de
43______-78.960.009_____-203.052_____-181.851______impossible______Portugal@Home
44______-79.212.526_____-212.199_____-197.883______impossible______SETI.hr
45______-85.016.440_____-214.188_____-200.375______impossible______BOINC.SK
46______-85.782.077_____-221.612_____-203.072______impossible______SETI Sverige [Sweden]
47______-86.078.785_____-228.695_____-211.518______impossible______BOINC.BE
48______-86.921.860_____-140.226_____-127.233______impossible______Boone Community School District - Iowa
49______-87.901.202_____-230.021_____-209.670______impossible______Team EDGE
50______-88.354.716_____-237.959_____-218.080______impossible______HispaSeti & BOINC

03.10.2008:

#____Total Work Done____Todays WD_______AWD________overtake________Team-name
01______668.376.485______714.851______735.229______impossible______SETI.USA
02______476.750.031______555.370______543.888______impossible______SETI.Germany
03______210.173.882______258.698______231.935______impossible______L'Alliance Francophone
04______129.499.936_______13.915________4.957______impossible______BOINC Synergy
05______127.788.418______165.880______157.758______impossible______The Knights Who Say Ni!
06______119.355.583______138.406______125.229______impossible______SETI@Netherlands
07______118.705.857______141.097______115.648______impossible______Czech National Team
08______118.067.165______-45.601______-49.620______2.379 days______BroadbandReports.com Team Starfire
09_______70.254.077______107.047_______67.365______impossible______Overclockers.com
10_______34.389.970_______27.057_______11.275______impossible______Team 2ch
11_______26.997.565_____-111.344_____-110.873________243 days______Team Art Bell
12_______25.955.674______-69.327______-79.156________328 days______Team MacNN
13_______22.021.203______-25.741______-33.364________660 days______The Planetary Society
14_______22.015.684______-97.174______-91.456________241 days______OcUK - Overclockers UK
15________5.372.260_______-1.730______-21.871________246 days______Team Starfire World BOINC
16________3.131.722_______23.603_______-1.289______2.430 days______SETI@Taiwan
17________1.034.987______-65.543______-39.460_________26 days______Team China
18______141.331.440______269.599______274.354______notanoption_____TeAm AnandTech
19______-18.261.327_____-171.256_____-176.781______impossible______BOINC.Italy
20______-19.309.924_____-156.449_____-157.004______impossible______Ars Technica
21______-25.985.035_________-541_______-8.077______impossible______US NAVY
22______-27.009.650_____-156.506_____-156.940______impossible______Phoenix Rising
23______-31.458.441______-82.276______-91.093______impossible______Canada
24______-36.685.133______-58.432______-65.625______impossible______U.S.Air Force
25______-36.769.758______-10.084______-25.342______impossible______Amateur Radio Operators
26______-36.959.151_____-172.809_____-174.419______impossible______Universe Examiners
27______-41.254.411_____-130.239_____-112.186______impossible______UK BOINC Team
28______-41.890.671_____-110.736_____-125.144______impossible______Dutch Power Cows
29______-44.999.556______-86.360______-82.059______impossible______BOINC@AUSTRALIA
30______-45.216.312_____-147.044_____-149.527______impossible______AUSTRIA - NATIONAL - TEAM
31______-45.279.523_____-133.245_____-140.761______impossible______PC Perspective Killer Frogs
32______-52.102.221_____-103.713_____-111.635______impossible______BOINC SETI@home RUSSIA
33______-55.904.148_____-133.314_____-140.075______impossible______Team NIPPON
34______-59.175.306_____-132.880_____-114.661______impossible______BOINC@Denmark
35______-62.621.765______-59.740______-78.156______impossible______BOINC@Poland
36______-62.930.668_____-154.413_____-161.015______impossible______Hungary
37______-65.217.769_____-218.807_____-224.160______impossible______Hewlett-Packard
38______-67.894.383_____-199.125_____-201.155______impossible______Team MacAddict
39______-69.996.933_____-148.217_____-155.141______impossible______Planet 3DNow!
40______-71.125.914______-95.764______-98.880______impossible______Elite Games
41______-77.498.088_____-218.323_____-214.756______impossible______2CPU.com
42______-79.110.764_____-198.280_____-202.371______impossible______SETI@klamm.de
43______-79.136.656_____-176.647_____-181.085______impossible______Portugal@Home
44______-79.403.916_____-191.390_____-197.023______impossible______SETI.hr
45______-85.209.040_____-192.600_____-199.380______impossible______BOINC.SK
46______-85.986.833_____-204.756_____-202.982______impossible______SETI Sverige [Sweden]
47______-86.286.655_____-207.870_____-210.892______impossible______BOINC.BE
48______-87.042.550_____-120.690_____-126.411______impossible______Boone Community School District - Iowa
49______-88.099.608_____-198.406_____-208.359______impossible______Team EDGE
50______-88.566.892_____-212.176_____-217.257______impossible______HispaSeti & BOINC


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_____001_____149.630_____14.700.364_____dajeepster
002_____003_____90.299______8.443.051_____Todd Hebert
003_____008_____47.508______4.223.373_____Bryan Wallace
004_____002_____43.409_____11.604.368_____keeleysam
005_____005_____19.873______6.115.230_____baxsie
006_____117_____12.941________152.291_____citsacras
007_____011_____12.012______2.604.774_____petrusbroder
008_____019_____10.551______1.449.929_____WhoKnows
009_____020_____10.232______1.366.050_____plasma
010_____102______8.852________193.827_____Smoke
011_____009______8.068______3.152.700_____Astro-AL
012_____016______7.417______1.761.984_____Lane42
013_____018______7.167______1.674.335_____mk
014_____097______6.614________199.984_____Rebel Alliance
015_____015______6.493______1.910.471_____RussianSensation
016_____010______6.363______2.745.814_____Alan J. Simpson
017_____004______6.195______6.440.018_____cory e
018_____038______6.104________669.266_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech
019_____025______6.044______1.274.704_____Chris S
020_____027______5.966______1.071.859_____CraigRT
021_____044______5.904________614.833_____Wiz
022_____029______5.252________998.643_____Yooshaw
023_____054______4.734________466.304_____Patrick Van Uffelen
024_____031______3.815________869.621_____Wayne S
025_____042______3.696________632.986_____Rich Hisgen
026_____006______3.663______4.799.298_____TenaciousT - Huntsville, AL
027_____048______3.586________565.569_____RedFish
028_____032______3.461________809.424_____Chris Buchach
029_____022______3.109______1.308.399_____Jack Whitmire
030_____101______2.895________193.947_____IJump - Team Anandtech
031_____021______2.773______1.359.009_____TeAm Enterprise
032_____336______2.772_________19.174_____TMaG82
033_____036______2.672________721.689_____Voodoo
034_____014______2.666______2.289.929_____nova
035_____013______2.502______2.459.533_____del Sol
036_____028______2.300______1.014.177_____tonyhams
037_____030______2.213________952.844_____Splotto
038_____007______2.172______4.370.754_____Ace
039_____094______2.063________207.061_____McCormick
040_____137______2.037________116.446_____DrKicker
041_____053______1.981________478.248_____DimensionX
042_____136______1.902________116.499_____Vindum
043_____109______1.868________171.617_____Webmonkey
044_____037______1.841________721.679_____Niege
045_____035______1.820________745.249_____Spongebob_fan
046_____124______1.724________128.397_____jta-seti
047_____200______1.710_________61.887_____mrwizer
048_____034______1.707________763.296_____QuietDad
049_____095______1.672________204.529_____cryhavoc
050_____098______1.628________199.028_____Romulanmale
051_____051______1.610________517.600_____groundedsailor
052_____061______1.461________362.618_____iamwiz82
053_____390______1.455_________11.627_____Patrick
054_____060______1.372________373.663_____danzigrules
055_____289______1.324_________27.887_____filibusterman
056_____234______1.233_________42.981_____Dougal
057_____055______1.193________460.612_____rlame
058_____062______1.173________357.941_____JCA
059_____164______1.115_________88.170_____PATHIK
060_____074______1.064________288.710_____Zim Hosein
061_____138______1.056________114.601_____asim
062_____064______1.037________345.029_____Alpha Psi
063_____043______1.021________628.318_____Boosted Def
064_____191________980_________67.899_____Beets
065_____063________963________350.576_____Steve
066_____197________952_________63.966_____Jarmonk
067_____320________927_________21.266_____Thyme
068_____223________879_________47.851_____linuxidiot
069_____070________868________313.565_____SilverHair
070_____072________850________295.726_____Daniel Schulken
071_____085________829________233.695_____minendo
072_____076________817________282.688_____CheesePoofs
073_____355________810_________16.718_____Chad Green
074_____089________758________216.998_____vulcan800
075_____071________751________299.096_____bountyhunterxl
076_____066________742________341.404_____RoHo (Apple G5 dual 2.3)
077_____091________603________211.477_____mnelsonx
078_____068________581________337.433_____freakyfragiles
079_____257________581_________33.840_____CB0159
080_____190________543_________69.918_____Dave Graham
081_____081________524________256.068_____Jason
082_____553________488__________1.807_____HP_Administrator
083_____045________476________612.996_____Fee
084_____099________386________198.800_____ElFenix
085_____152________318________102.772_____DJB
086_____126________313________126.885_____theguru
087_____050________302________518.134_____LANMAN
088_____347________296_________18.008_____G
089_____078________288________264.050_____panhead49
090_____084________288________236.943_____aftp
091_____067________278________341.299_____bsauerbr
092_____132________269________124.611_____serialb
093_____329________268_________20.309_____CrimsonWolf
094_____294________261_________27.080_____littletemple
095_____331________180_________20.218_____Sickle 584th
096_____049________179________530.656_____Pokey
097_____139________170________114.285_____Shelgeyr
098_____181________161_________76.297_____David Settlemoir
099_____235________149_________42.749_____amish
100_____079________136________262.102_____Soggy
101_____161________134_________94.051_____Chad
102_____112________122________167.978_____zordz
103_____110________118________171.245_____caddlad
104_____185_________93_________73.263_____benedict
105_____278_________90_________29.486_____Zorian
106_____086_________89________225.111_____chusteczka
107_____218_________89_________49.883_____fredlight
108_____231_________89_________43.757_____Ken_g6 - Team Anandtech
109_____265_________89_________32.668_____cyost91
110_____238_________74_________41.352_____Cydd
111_____040_________59________645.363_____matchbook
112_____210_________59_________55.405_____flywaldo
113_____575_________59__________1.314_____htmlmasterdave
114_____280_________56_________29.090_____THE TERMINATOR
115_____087_________53________222.029_____Blade
116_____281_________46_________29.004_____Tom Pounds
117_____100_________45________196.903_____Soni
118_____209_________45_________55.507_____TA_andy
119_____264_________45_________33.313_____Kyle
120_____268_________45_________31.930_____Takemaru
121_____342_________45_________18.925_____DRingdahl
122_____512_________45__________3.139_____SlangNRox
123_____119_________44________139.068_____Heath (YodaBoy)
124_____120_________44________135.579_____mrbeci
125_____017_________25______1.727.846_____Arlen - Team AnandTech
126_____176_________15_________81.700_____GhettoFob

The user-stats seems to be two days production, so everyone's numbers is high...

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks for the info and the nice numbers, Rattledagger! and a :beer: for you!

 

[Zim Hosein]

060_____074______1.064________288.710_____Zim Hosein

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

 

[Smoke]

010_____102______8.852________193.827_____Smoke

Thanks for the stats and update report, Rattledagger. :beer: