Message boards : Number crunching : Is GPUGRID done?
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The last work my computer processed was over half a year ago. | |
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May be it has an easy solution: Try updating your BOINC version from 7.16.11 to the newer 7.16.20 and resetting Gpugrid project. | |
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The last work my computer processed was over half a year ago. PS: Don't worry if initial estimation for an ACEMD 3 task completion is of a magnitude of hundreds of days. A regular GTX 1660 should complete it in less than 48 hours, thus getting mid bonus (+25%) with no problem. Congrats, and welcome in your come back! | |
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Thanks! | |
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ACEMD 3 task from what it looks, ACEMD 3 now is running out of new tasks :-( | |
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I also didn't see new tasks appear with my Linux boinc version 7.16.16. | |
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There is the latest 7.18.1 from the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS distro. I know of that one. Whether the other Linux distros have that version available I don't know. | |
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I get new tasks almost every day. they are _0 which means they are brand new freshly minted tasks. | |
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I get new tasks almost every day. they are _0 which means they are brand new freshly minted tasks. my systems, too, are set to request work in short intervals. However, I have not gotten any new ACEMD3 tasks for the past 3 days. From what I saw, your systems run on Linux, mine on Windows. Which means GPUGRID now provides ACEMD3 tasks for Linux only :-( | |
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I get new tasks almost every day. they are _0 which means they are brand new freshly minted tasks. there is undoubtedly an element of luck involved, not simply Linux vs. Windows. This Windows system also hasn't had issue getting tasks: https://gpugrid.net/show_host_detail.php?hostid=534811 ACEMD3 work is scarce for everyone. ____________ | |
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GPU Grid need to be removed from all compétitions. | |
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GPU Grid need to be removed from all compétitions. 1. GPUGRID is not involved in any competitions. so what should they be removed from exactly? 2. the project admins have been very engaging over the last few months. all you need to do is read the threads, especially those in the News forum regarding the Python tasks and new ACEMD4 applications/tasks. 3. GPUGRID work has always had periods where tasks were scarce, this is not new. the project has also adopted a new strategy of distributing fewer very long tasks instead of many short tasks. where were you when there were literally THOUSANDS of tasks available a few weeks ago? if you only run Windows, that's half of your problem. most of the tasks available recently have been for Linux. the other half is probably because you're not asking for work often enough. obviously the project is still active if there are over 350 tasks in progress right now. ____________ | |
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Yes GPU Grid is in compétition ! | |
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You misunderstood. GPUGRID has nothing to do with these “competitions”. They are third party events that have nothing to do with GPUGRID’s organization or control. You need to take it up with the event organizer. | |
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Well, the tasks availability has been really bad for the past few months. | |
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To get any work here lately, you need to have your system setup with a script to run every minute or so asking for more work. When work becomes available it’s snatched up quickly. I've been thinking about this suggestion, and I'd like to advise caution when using it. A couple of years ago, I noticed that it takes much longer for BOINC to establish a connection with a project server when the secure https protocol is in use. And there has been much pressure from the user community in recent years for BOINC to use https for all purposes. Just at the moment, one of the regular competitions is placing an additional load on selected project servers. The problem is particularly severe for smaller projects, like GPUGrid, which use a single web server for all project communications, including message boards. I commented at the time (message 55446) that I had been unable to reach this website over https for four hours, because an application failure was causing an excessive demand for tasks. I eventually got a PM through to Toni over http, and he (message 55449) took the project offline within 30 minutes - it was a real problem that needed fixing. May I make a small suggestion? All the production tasks for this project last for a significant runtime - so there is no point in triggering further updates once work, sufficient for the host's resources, has been allocated. And BOINC has no native way of distinguishing between necessary work requests and general updates. Both require that https connection. Anyone willing and able to pick up the challenge of developing a 'work request' script which suspends the flow of update requests when the host has active tasks for the project? | |
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the project could also help alleviate this by simply setting their requested delay to something much greater than 31 seconds. since they have an IP block on their network for DDoS protection, and it seems to also expire around the 30-60s mark, having their own configuration telling clients to bang away every 30s leads to situations where people with multiple hosts at the same IP get themselves perpetually blocked from accessing the site, with through the web browser or via BOINC. I've brought this up before. | |
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on the other hand: all these discussions would not be necessary if there was a sufficient number of WUs available :-) | |
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the issue of a cooldown/delay being too short would still be a problem. | |
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the issue of a cooldown/delay being too short would still be a problem. WUs can be fabricated, but I would not crunch them. What would be the point? There are still other worthy projects to crunch. Though Einstein seems to have a work shortage itself, when I tried to crunch it, a day or two ago. There is folding@home. Though their inter phase, can be somewhat temperamental. As far as this project, the last few years have been rough, and I have been here since 2009. There are, not only, work shortage, but the new app development is also worse than before. The python still needs more work. When it crashes, it causes boinc manager to crash as well. I never remember seeing this with previous betas. It still more work, with low GPU usage, long periods of non work, along with many crashes. This is mainly due to lack of resources. What else can you say? | |
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... As far as this project, the last few years have been rough Unfortunately, you are so right :-( When I started here 7 years ago, things were running rather smoothly. However, it's become quite bad within the last few years :-( So, I am afraid that the title of this thread "Is GPUGRID done?" is justified. | |
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Anyone willing and able to pick up the challenge of developing a 'work request' script which suspends the flow of update requests when the host has active tasks for the project?I wrote a batch script for Windows XP / Windows 7 back in 2013. The main purpose was to check the progress of the tasks, and restart the host if there's a stucked task. It's here if you are interested, though some parts of it won't work on Windows 10, also I have a more sophisticated one now (which actually does check the number of GPUGrid workunits in the queue, and issues requests when there's less than 2 per GPU), but it needs to be updated for Windows 10 (no WMIC in Windows 10, it should be rewritten in powershell). It does much more than requesting work if needed. I haven't published it, because I find the mass use of such methods counterproductive for the community. It can't cure the work shortage anyway, the continous supply of workuntis would be the real solution. The primitive method is already out there, the mass use of that (or a more sophisticated one) could bring down the GPUGrid server, regardless of the DDOS protection in place. | |
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Message boards : Number crunching : Is GPUGRID done?