Technical News, SETI@home daily User-stats and Team-stats for 11 - 18.04.2008.

[Rattledagger]

Moribund Monday (Apr 14 2008)

Continuing problems with the workunit storage server... There were more resets over the weekend, ultimately resulting in one that caused the server to think enough drives have failed to call the entire RAID dead. We are confident we can trick the server into thinking otherwise - we actually have some helpful techs logged in doing that as I type. We still want to replace the whole box, which we'll hopefully do today, and then the drives will have to resync again. Chances are we'll be down until tomorrow (Tuesday).

So while we are down we'll try to catch up on several things. Moving servers around the closet, incorporating the new drive enclosure that arrived today, getting more stuff on the new KVM, etc.

- Matt

Wall of Workunits (Apr 15 2008)

As mentioned yesterday the kind folks at Adaptec/SnapAppliance replaced our server. The leading theory for its failure is still localized to the ribbon cable connecting the faceplate to the motherboard, but they swapped out the whole thing anyway just to be safe. The RAID devices had to be massaged a bit and then spent all night resyncing. That wrapped up around 4am, but one of the RAID1 pairs needed to be resynced again. Once that finished, I tackled the usual Tuesday database compression/backup. Since that began early this week (no reason not to since we were already off line) that completed around 12:30pm and I started the public/beta projects. We'll be catching up for a while, I imagine.

The assimilator queue blossomed again, but this (I think) was mostly due to one of the four assimilators being stuck on one particular result where the uploaded file got garbled and therefore became un-parseable. I blew this result away and that one assimilator seems to have pushed through for now.

Jeff is trying to debug a new problem with the splitters - despite additional smarts/logic some are failing mid-file, unable to find the radar blanking signal. But when we look at the file by hand, we see the signal (or at least where the signal should be). Insert sound of head scratching here. In any case, if there are less splitters running than normal, that's why.

Happy Tax Day, my U.S. compatriots.

- Matt

Moving Forward (Apr 16 2008)

So far so good with the new workunit server. We recovered from the recent spate of outages fairly quickly. The assimilator queue is starting to drain at a good clip, too. If anybody's looking at the traffic graphs and noticing a "bump" over the last hour or so - that's us sending our raw data to HPSS over the Hurricane pipe (in additional to sending it over the standard campus pipe). With the recently purchased (and employed) disk enclosure this extra bandwidth is now possible, and every little bit helps (pun intended).

Mostly working on programming today. Wrapping up work on the precess recalculator - will probably deploy next week. Astropulse and the ntpckr are both just around the corner as well. I know we've been saying that a while, but it's getting truer ever day. Lots of big things coming down the pike.

- Matt

#____Total Work Done____Todays WD_______AWD________overtake________Team-name
01______504.343.225____1.367.034____1.260.598______impossible______SETI.USA
02______384.673.738______574.068______541.279______impossible______SETI.Germany
03______165.800.313______397.976______374.815______impossible______L'Alliance Francophone
04______129.090.955______134.182______133.092______impossible______BOINC Synergy
05______121.581.703_______37.484_______38.696______impossible______BroadbandReports.com Team Starfire
06______111.417.088______112.722______124.398______impossible______Czech National Team
07______105.668.783______125.285______126.194______impossible______SETI@Netherlands
08_______99.188.548______184.349______177.123______impossible______The Knights Who Say Ni!
09_______52.434.401_______95.657_______90.146______impossible______Overclockers.com
10_______44.619.642_______-2.047________8.778______impossible______Team Art Bell
11_______37.696.500______-57.296______-44.176________853 days______OcUK - Overclockers UK
12_______37.343.534______-10.730_______-1.285_____29.061 days______Team 2ch
13_______36.411.401_______44.021_______49.497______impossible______Team MacNN
14_______31.051.682_______-5.256__________386______impossible______The Planetary Society
15_______14.394.938_____-129.946_____-111.779________129 days______BOINC.Italy
16________8.555.057______-72.635______-62.066________138 days______Ars Technica
17________7.572.136_______28.571_______36.772______impossible______Team China
18________4.032.059________4.028_______14.692______impossible______SETI@Taiwan
19________3.494.220_______39.154_______41.139______impossible______Team Starfire World BOINC
20_______91.426.640______217.138______194.787______notanoption_____TeAm AnandTech
21_______-2.759.133______-28.858______-20.001______impossible______Phoenix Rising
22_______-5.241.372______-79.402______-63.706______impossible______Universe Examiners
23______-14.555.376______-27.965______-18.411______impossible______Canada
24______-18.756.932______-85.033______-70.082______impossible______Dutch Power Cows
25______-21.018.821______-29.421_______-7.966______impossible______AUSTRIA - NATIONAL - TEAM
26______-21.092.861______-82.900______-68.991______impossible______Amateur Radio Operators
27______-21.547.491______-21.966______-12.391______impossible______US NAVY
28______-21.615.063______-44.255______-33.732______impossible______UK BOINC Team
29______-24.742.973______-93.795______-86.906______impossible______PC Perspective Killer Frogs
30______-26.435.913_____-124.342_____-104.447______impossible______Hewlett-Packard
31______-27.684.319______-25.501______-15.865______impossible______U.S.Air Force
32______-28.007.937______-82.670______-67.932______impossible______BOINC@AUSTRALIA
33______-28.123.290______-69.106______-56.115______impossible______BOINC SETI@home RUSSIA
34______-28.778.428______-99.017______-83.212______impossible______Team NIPPON
35______-31.385.846_____-124.597_____-106.674______impossible______Team MacAddict
36______-32.605.960______-96.547______-81.321______impossible______Hungary
37______-32.992.330_____-116.726_____-100.144______impossible______BOINC@Denmark
38______-38.017.755_____-151.057_____-135.810______impossible______2CPU.com
39______-38.999.885_____-126.099_____-113.820______impossible______Planet 3DNow!
40______-42.482.970_____-121.537_____-103.799______impossible______SETI@klamm.de
41______-42.853.594_____-123.386_____-109.320______impossible______SETI.hr
42______-43.860.496_____-152.201_____-133.934______impossible______Portugal@Home
43______-45.109.154______-64.203______-55.754______impossible______BOINC@Poland
44______-48.030.153_____-129.009_____-113.052______impossible______BOINC.SK
45______-48.816.677_____-137.957_____-121.036______impossible______SETI Sverige [Sweden]
46______-49.085.630_____-150.362_____-131.123______impossible______HispaSeti & BOINC
47______-49.815.667_____-152.777_____-135.703______impossible______Team EDGE
48______-50.614.939______-94.505______-75.564______impossible______Boone Community School District - Iowa
49______-50.665.576______-72.630______-63.739______impossible______Elite Games
50______-51.471.213_____-112.527______-96.270______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_____58.039______3.665.883_____dajeepster
002_____001_____27.072______6.137.213_____keeleysam
003_____007_____17.157______2.506.892_____Todd Hebert
004_____004_____10.807______4.170.697_____baxsie
005_____014_____10.323______1.345.716_____Bryan Wallace
006_____009______9.913______2.292.458_____Astro-AL
007_____019______7.630______1.048.733_____RussianSensation
008_____084______5.478________186.341_____tonyhams
009_____002______5.257______5.543.994_____cory e
010_____050______5.031________362.345_____Hellburner
011_____013______4.600______1.615.989_____petrusbroder
012_____040______4.149________470.213_____Splotto
013_____044______3.792________430.829_____Yooshaw
014_____056______3.762________284.988_____Spongebob_fan
015_____017______3.586______1.214.626_____Arlen - Team AnandTech
016_____011______3.537______2.072.961_____Alan J. Simpson
017_____003______3.532______4.549.649_____TenaciousT - Huntsville, AL
018_____021______2.968________892.688_____Jack Whitmire
019_____023______2.837________824.008_____WhoKnows
020_____039______2.744________494.825_____Voodoo
021_____035______2.640________538.635_____QuietDad
022_____026______2.382________640.480_____TeAm Enterprise
023_____012______2.339______2.007.022_____nova
024_____081______2.242________202.777_____Wiz
025_____189______2.097_________52.392_____McCormick
026_____053______1.978________337.348_____RedFish
027_____211______1.902_________41.858_____Romulanmale
028_____025______1.874________788.144_____Chris S
029_____107______1.762________132.311_____hymy
030_____032______1.690________563.184_____Niege
031_____005______1.625______4.167.045_____Ace
032_____091______1.562________173.011_____jlaine
033_____153______1.464_________81.358_____Cheex
034_____230______1.448_________34.908_____IJump - Team Anandtech
035_____051______1.288________344.159_____rlame
036_____010______1.183______2.260.157_____del Sol
037_____087______1.122________184.903_____Zim Hosein
038_____018______1.117______1.124.154_____mk
039_____029______1.114________615.127_____Chris Buchach
040_____041______1.109________464.183_____LANMAN
041_____049______1.082________367.543_____groundedsailor
042_____197______1.030_________49.066_____CButters
043_____022______1.020________859.436_____CraigRT
044_____063________940________263.953_____JCA
045_____060________934________276.839_____Alpha Psi
046_____034________917________547.177_____Fee
047_____094________865________163.937_____SilverHair
048_____085________843________186.287_____CheesePoofs
049_____048________824________371.277_____Slawterr
050_____095________817________162.359_____ElFenix
051_____068________788________225.214_____Soggy
052_____074________766________214.106_____panhead49
053_____246________762_________30.376_____Maverick
054_____134________758_________96.899_____Dragonslayere
055_____046________707________381.520_____DimensionX
056_____033________701________562.119_____Wayne S
057_____058________694________281.332_____RoHo (Apple G5 dual 2.3)
058_____190________680_________52.365_____serialb
059_____078________640________204.665_____freakyfragiles
060_____099________626________155.819_____Soni
061_____106________610________140.881_____iamwiz82
062_____073________578________214.458_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech
063_____135________566_________95.640_____jetskr9
064_____100________550________155.003_____chusteczka
065_____381________547__________9.000_____Paxton
066_____408________530__________6.903_____SSchatz1
067_____178________444_________58.937_____Raymond
068_____036________398________538.124_____Rich Hisgen
069_____154________367_________81.156_____liquidsun
070_____109________364________130.193_____cryhavoc
071_____067________362________233.061_____bountyhunterxl
072_____119________358________119.004_____Webmonkey
073_____232________348_________34.387_____Xander Dracon [A]
074_____255________339_________29.213_____Evadman
075_____170________313_________62.479_____asim
076_____103________309________143.146_____zordz
077_____028________307________624.907_____matchbook
078_____031________296________586.707_____Ingleside
079_____110________292________126.608_____mrbeci
080_____319________292_________17.525_____Jake
081_____104________288________142.879_____caddlad
082_____055________283________288.481_____gobbletwo
083_____198________282_________49.053_____benedict
084_____090________278________178.734_____vulcan800
085_____162________267_________72.318_____Thunder
086_____079________265________204.170_____Jason
087_____147________264_________84.176_____Shelgeyr
088_____176________257_________60.987_____David Settlemoir
089_____167________231_________65.199_____rleach2
090_____066________227________240.387_____Patrick Van Uffelen
091_____020________212________968.729_____plasma
092_____061________203________274.617_____bsauerbr
093_____115________202________124.424_____Jesper Sorensen
094_____047________187________377.912_____Boosted Def
095_____139________179_________92.731_____theguru
096_____092________178________172.998_____Spocko
097_____291________164_________21.420_____amish
098_____253________163_________29.467_____Ken_g6 - Team Anandtech
099_____089________153________181.183_____mnelsonx
100_____387________151__________8.636_____Dan Clark
101_____062________150________271.394_____Steve
102_____209________146_________43.577_____DrKicker
103_____155________137_________78.967_____Akim.NET
104_____256________136_________29.181_____DMuns
105_____270________129_________25.546_____JPHendrix
106_____083________128________187.404_____aftp
107_____111________127________126.034_____Phaxmohdem
108_____243________123_________31.343_____Cydd
109_____008________116______2.481.108_____amd.borg
110_____338________106_________14.100_____captainddl
111_____614________101____________515_____Tony
112_____082_________94________198.332_____Swanny
113_____317_________93_________17.721_____cyost91
114_____070_________76________219.362_____caferace
115_____141_________76_________90.272_____Vindum
116_____075_________75________212.965_____minendo
117_____096_________75________160.290_____jjsetihead
118_____138_________75_________93.914_____Mortimer
119_____171_________75_________62.168_____GhettoFob
120_____277_________75_________24.439_____Kaasbytes
121_____318_________75_________17.623_____Todd Willet
122_____350_________75_________12.874_____Paul
123_____411_________75__________6.529_____mitchell179
124_____638_________75____________316_____Jeffe19007
125_____378_________74__________9.462_____Kyle
126_____015_________72______1.286.805_____Sofa King
127_____348_________72_________13.226_____G
128_____076_________60________212.908_____Blade
129_____264_________54_________27.262_____FeAt
130_____114_________52________124.472_____Coolkid
131_____117_________52________122.117_____Jester67
132_____201_________52_________46.415_____John Packiam
133_____093_________51________165.163_____Nutzo
134_____151_________51_________82.582_____geomagick
135_____373_________51_________10.094_____xentopia
136_____661_________51____________135_____newbee
137_____195_________50_________49.564_____flep
138_____030_________35________606.832_____homeless
139_____249_________17_________30.016_____Takemaru

 

[bryanW1995]

not only is there nobody threatening us now, but we're almost threatening the planetary society and even team art bell!!!

Did I mention that Q6600's are only $179 at fry's right now?

 

[petrusbroder]

😀 Thanks for the stats, Rattledagger, --- they were missed very much!

 

[Zim Hosein]

037_____087______1.122________184.903_____Zim Hosein

🙂

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

 

[imported_Yooshaw]

Originally posted by: Rattledagger
013_____044______3.792________430.829_____Yooshaw

Thanks for the stats Rattledagger!

 

[Assimilator1]

062_____073________578________214.458_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech

Thx for the news & stats RD 🙂

Team output seems great!😀 ,or is that because of an outage?

 

[Alyx]

Its good to hear that things are starting to settle down in Seti. Sounds like its been a crazy week for the project admins.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
062_____073________578________214.458_____Assimilator1 - Team AnandTech

Thx for the news & stats RD 🙂

Team output seems great!😀 ,or is that because of an outage?

the outage made it look kinda weird, but our AWD is the highest I've seen it in months relative to the other teams.

let's just say that some of our higher-producing members can't seem to resist the siren call of $179.99 quads...😉

edit: just looked and saw that for the past week we're #14 it credit, and we're #18 for the past month. keep it up TeAm!!

 

[Assimilator1]

lol & 😎