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Big Adv Drought?

Interesting, I had a bidadv that only got two 2% and crashed, but then I couldn't get it started again (no tasks running, even tried restating windows) - so I had to delete it :(
 
Wiseguy2001 said:
Interesting, I had a bidadv that only got two 2% and crashed, but then I couldn't get it started again (no tasks running, even tried restating windows) - so I had to delete it :(
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This happens when things get thin. Some of the only -bigadv WU floating around are one that are broken and never where finnished.
 
Well, my second i7 FINALLY picked up a P6900 two hours ago (slept in a lot this morning). My Sig Rig will finish it's P2686 in a day. SR-2 just finished its P2686 and picked up a P6900.

The SR-2 crashed, but can't tell if it finished uploading the P2686 before that. :( I'll know in an hour, but will be sad if a days worth of work goes down the cyber tubes :(
 
Mine grabbed a 2684 in the middle of the night after the 6058 finished.
Hooray for bigadv, boo for 2684. :( Oh well at least the 6900 posted just after midnight so I'll still get around my average PPD for today since the '84 won't finish 'til tomorrow morning.
 
Dunno, Hex picked up a 6064 a bit ago....

Ehhh who cares, we are all in the same boat and science is getting done.
 
mashtub651 said:
sr2 picked up a 6900 over the night i hope this is a sign the drought is almost over
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Nope. Folding2(980x) just picked up a 6701. After working on nothing but 6701's for a couple of days, folding1(Bloomfield) finally picked up a 2684.......
 
I guess I'm lucky. My hexes have been getting 6900's and my 2600K only got one 60xx before picking up another 6900.
 
I have a full load of bigadv at the moment. It has been pretty consistant - 1 smp unit between bigadv units. It is tolerable so far, but I get the feeling it is going to get worse...
 
Wiseguy2001 said:
Interesting, I had a bidadv that only got two 2% and crashed, but then I couldn't get it started again (no tasks running, even tried restating windows) - so I had to delete it :(
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One unit I have seems to be crashing my system frequently after several steps. At this rate it might not complete. Contemplating what to do because I also have GPU clients installed, and every time the system stops I lose 3 clients not one. :rolleyes:
 
I had a bit of a drought, but usually i leave my 970 with bigadv turned off, because i use it for movies and stuff, SR2 took a while, but finally picked up a 2685
 
Both rigs have a -bigadv now.

I might be over.... maybe.
 
drought still seems here 980x pulled another smp unit. and the 2600k did the same things

seems still like a drought for me.
 
Yep my Sr2 got a regular unit
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Uploaded a beta bigadv unit 18 hours ago, received a 6025 and then a 6701. fail. 6701 will finish in 4 hours, we'll see what I receive next then.
 
Tobit said:
Uploaded a beta bigadv unit 18 hours ago, received a 6025 and then a 6701. fail. 6701 will finish in 4 hours, we'll see what I receive next then.
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2689 still in beta??;) or are there other goodies out there??;)

On a more serious note, points are down for all but science is being done. I have had a constant stream of 670x units on warspite for weeks and i'm now starting to see a different mix of units.
 
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turned in a 6900 and got a regular SMP unit. oh well, all it means is that i'll have to fire up the GPU's again
 
The WUs being sent to clients running the -bigadv flag seem to be completely random from my observations and what I've seen being posted. It's a crap shoot.
 
I ran several A3's through my SR-2 yesterday, but I found it chewing on a 2684 when I went home for lunch.
 
Nathan_P said:
2689 still in beta??;) or are there other goodies out there??;)

On a more serious note, points are down for all but science is being done. I have had a constant stream of 670x units on warspite for weeks and i'm now starting to see a different mix of units.
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My rigs are both finally munching on a bigadv, but i'm sure it was just luck more than anything. However as you said, some very good science is being done as the 6701/2 projects especially seem to be interesting.
 
my 2600k finally got one lets se what she does at 4.7gh and 3 gpu clients.
 
Am I reading this right?
If Stanford's server status shows the number of currently available work units by IP address (WUS AVAIL),
and Stanford's Psummary gives the server IP of each project,
we can see that p2684, p2685, p2686 and p2692 come from server IP 171.67.108.22 with a total of 93 WU available,
and p6900 comes from server IP 130.237.232.141 with a total of 107 WU available, giving a grand total of 200* -bigadv jobs available right now.
What am I missing, or is this correct?

/*or less due to beta WUs also coming from one of those IPs.
 
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KMac said:
What am I missing, or is this correct?
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I'm rather annoyed @ PG right now for various reasons recently but, due to my status as a beta tester, I am not allowed to comment further at this time.
 
KMac said:
Am I reading this right?
......... giving a grand total of 200* -bigadv jobs available right now. What am I missing, or is this correct?
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:eek: Doesn't seem like many people are going to be processing -bigadv units in the near future if that's the case.... :rolleyes:

If this were a big corporation with a supply department like that, I'd say there would be some heads on the chopping block.
 
If the -bigadv supply dries up I'll just start BOINC back up for a couple of days. Good science will be done one way or the other.
 
Axdrenalin said:
If this were a big corporation with a supply department like that, I'd say there would be some heads on the chopping block.
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But, it is not...academia does not make sense at all once you are out of that scene...
 
I don't see the problem, there's still other work units to complete. Everyone is on an equal footing and faster rigs still get more points (just not quite as many).
 
Wiseguy2001 said:
I don't see the problem, there's still other work units to complete. Everyone is on an equal footing and faster rigs still get more points (just not quite as many).
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Never said there was a problem...there *is* work to do and WU's to process. I wasn't complaining at all, just mentioned how they might be handled in teh real world. :D

On another note, it looks like the forums are getting injected again. I just got a trojan alert from Avast when I hit this reply page. :(
 
I pulled two P2684s yesterday, but just minutes ago my third machine got a P6900, so they're still around. I'd take a few standard SMP WUs over the 2684s.

There may not be a lot of bigadv in the queue, but you never know when more will be generated. That's kind of the idea, to encourage people to return them quickly so that the next batch can be produced.
 
DooKey said:
If the -bigadv supply dries up I'll just start BOINC back up for a couple of days. Good science will be done one way or the other.
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Even if bigadv dries up for a short period of time, the regular A3 work units are still going to be good science. We don't necessarily have to have bigadv as it is just the double layer of icing on top of an already scrumptous cake!
 
amdgamer said:
Even if bigadv dries up for a short period of time, the regular A3 work units are still going to be good science. We don't necessarily have to have bigadv as it is just the double layer of icing on top of an already scrumptous cake!
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I agree, I just like to spread the wealth once in a while. I really enjoyed the WCG Christmas race and I've done some BOINC in the past as well.
 
SazanEyes said:
There may not be a lot of bigadv in the queue, but you never know when more will be generated..
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Actually, I think that's exactly what might be going on with this so-called shortage, assuming that task isn't completely automated. It might not be what some are saying it is and work to generate new WUs just hasn't been done in a timely manner. I'm not 100% certain of this but I see no other sufficiently convincing reason. It would be great to find out what exactly the cause is if someone truly knows, though, if only to avoid continued speculation.
 
SazanEyes said:
There may not be a lot of bigadv in the queue, but you never know when more will be generated. That's kind of the idea, to encourage people to return them quickly so that the next batch can be produced.
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That is a very good point and something I had not considered.
I don't mind regular SMP's at all either. It allows me to reboot/update/tweek/etc without feeling like I am losing out on a bonus.
What I am trying to do is figure out a way of checking the relative availability of bigadv units rather than reading posts of I got this unit or that unit. Since it is still just luck of the draw, I am looking for a way to know if the outlook is favorable and I should keep on folding or I should -oneunit and move things around/clean out the dust bunnies this weekend if it will be slim pickings.
It just seems that since WU availability data is publicly disclosed, we could reasonably estimate the probability of receiving a bigadv unit by tracking that data over time. Kind of like the US Homeland Security Advisory System, only useful. :rolleyes:
 
KMac said:
That is a very good point and something I had not considered.
I don't mind regular SMP's at all either. It allows me to reboot/update/tweek/etc without feeling like I am losing out on a bonus.
What I am trying to do is figure out a way of checking the relative availability of bigadv units rather than reading posts of I got this unit or that unit. Since it is still just luck of the draw, I am looking for a way to know if the outlook is favorable and I should keep on folding or I should -oneunit and move things around/clean out the dust bunnies this weekend if it will be slim pickings.
It just seems that since WU availability data is publicly disclosed, we could reasonably estimate the probability of receiving a bigadv unit by tracking that data over time. Kind of like the US Homeland Security Advisory System, only useful. :rolleyes:
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