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Jonathan Yuen Send message Joined: 26 Aug 01 Posts: 3 Credit: 159,302 RAC: 0 |
I think we should instead look for this setting: "Cache enough work for an additional ... days" "(maximum 10 days; requires 5.10+ client)" See the word "Cache"? |
Sebastian Send message Joined: 8 Mar 00 Posts: 1 Credit: 335,280 RAC: 0 |
Thank you very much Sun for your help!!! Looking forward to receive more work to analyze! |
Haos.PL Send message Joined: 18 Mar 04 Posts: 63 Credit: 3,268,546 RAC: 0 |
It should be either Ra or Shamash! Regarding Apollo, it was considered more a god of daily light, whereas Helios was the true Sun god. |
Francesco Forti Send message Joined: 24 May 00 Posts: 334 Credit: 204,421,005 RAC: 15 |
If you haven't read the front page news, Sun is coming through with a replacement science database server (yay!) which will be arriving Monday afternoon. mmmmmm I'm a Beatles lover so I will sing "Here come the Sun" :) Bze Franz |
SplatRat Send message Joined: 20 Mar 07 Posts: 57 Credit: 55,270 RAC: 0 |
Well, I usually shy away from the sun, but in this case, I EMBRACE IT! Hurray for Sun Microsystems - hip hip :D :D !! www.splatrat.info |
dexster Send message Joined: 17 May 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 185,262 RAC: 0 |
cool I hope it up and runnig on monday |
1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
The big question is what kind of specs that this new Big Boy that Sun is whipping up for S@H. If I remember correctly, Thumper is a v40z (and apparently was a prototype), and I'd kind-of expect the new machine to be a production v40z. ... and with any luck, they'll just drop in the old hard drives and we're golden. |
KB7RZF Send message Joined: 15 Aug 99 Posts: 9549 Credit: 3,308,926 RAC: 2 |
Ok, from my page it doesn't say that, so what I posted is correct for what I have, thank you. |
Eric Korpela Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 |
Close, but not quite. The v40z is jocelyn. Currently jocelyn is a replica of the BOINC database machine. Sidious is the current BOINC database. Thumper was the SETI@home science database and was a prototype Sun Fire X4500. The price tag on the replacement is a bit higher a v40z (even though they are currently on sale for $24,000) and we certainly are grateful to Sun for reducing that to a price we could afford. The server should be in our hands sometime on Monday. @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) |
Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0 |
The big question is what kind of specs that this new Big Boy that Sun is whipping up for S@H. A Sun Fire x4500 with the full 24 TB storage is what has been noted in other threads. Even at that, Eric's notes on how much of the storage was in use suggested a larger storage capacity may be needed relatively soon. Joe |
Eric Korpela Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1382 Credit: 54,506,847 RAC: 60 |
The storage situation isn't quite that dire in that a significant proportion of that space was, in effect, a cache for the multibeam data on its way to the LBNL HPSS system. I think that all of it could be recovered except to the previous 7 days of science database activity. The size of the cache could be reduced to increase the available space for the database. Since the drives from thumper should be in working order, we should be able to put together a 12TB (24 drive) machine to use as a backup for the science database. We're working on various options (i.e talking with people) for getting a 24 drive chassis with MB and processors. Eric @SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon) |
Ozz (Home Account) Send message Joined: 26 May 00 Posts: 3 Credit: 571,182 RAC: 0 |
Thanks Guys. I appreciate it. And kudos to SUN too for their generous donation. We're fixin' to buy some more servers at work, and it was a coin-toss between SUN and Dell (we currently run a mix of SUN FIRE V20 and V40 boxen as well as some Dell PowerEdge stuff). SUN, you just tipped the balance in your favor! Regards, Ozz. |
asimkovsky Send message Joined: 3 May 07 Posts: 2 Credit: 14,078 RAC: 0 |
I know you guys currently run on MySQL, but if you ever want to switch it over to Oracle, let me know. I'm a professional DBA with experience on Oracle. Oracle Corp can probably give you a free license since you are "non-profit", and I can help migrate all the data over to it. An Oracle database can provide a much more robust backup and recovery strategy, performance throughput, etc. Just a thought. Just trying to help anyway I can. |
[AF>HFR>RR] Black Hole Sun Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8 Credit: 2,013,755 RAC: 0 |
Hi all Well, thanks Sun Microsystems ! For the new "reborn" server name, may I suggest "Phoenix" ? My website on RC models |
pumphypete Send message Joined: 28 Jan 07 Posts: 1 Credit: 8,048 RAC: 0 |
thank for the info i was begining to think my pc had gone on strike, and thanks to sun micro for all there help. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
There is one setting that controls the cache for earlier than 5.10 (which is not out yet) and that is the Connect Every X days. Mind that with deadlines in tghe 4.5 day range setting this to much greater than a day is going to cause more trouble than you would expect. BOINC WIKI |
littlegreenmanfrommars Send message Joined: 28 Jan 06 Posts: 1410 Credit: 934,158 RAC: 0 |
My cruncher ran out of work yesterday sometime, so to prevent more network hassles, I've set it to "No new tasks" until the new science database is up and running. Since the new server is due to arrive on Monday, it would be safe to assume it won't be fully functional until at least Tuesday, possibly Wednesday. (Thursday in my part of the world) There's always a lot of work involved in setting up a new server and hooking it into an established system, much of which is testing. Has Sun had enough time to do a "burn in" test? If so, they've really pulled out the stops! While the donation is a great thing, and deserving of celebration, patience is still needed, and I'm now running Einstein as my "emergency back up" project. I hope others are doing the same. Again, thanks to Sun Microsystems. Again, a pat on the back to Matt and the crew for their hard work, and many thanks for keeping us up to date and informed. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13832 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
There is one setting that controls the cache for earlier than 5.10 (which is not out yet) and that is the Connect Every X days. Mind that with deadlines in tghe 4.5 day range setting this to much greater than a day is going to cause more trouble than you would expect. Might be worth putting a note on the configuration page to the effect "Caches of 1 day or more are only of use if only running 1 project. If running more than one project then half a day or less is the best setting" or similar. Grant Darwin NT |
Searcher Send message Joined: 26 Jun 99 Posts: 139 Credit: 9,063,168 RAC: 15 |
Not bad timimg for me.. I am shutting down the little farm in the garage, I was going to wait till I hit the 1M mark. oh well. :) Summer heat and all. ;) The reporting of results has been slow though. Not sure why. Looks like there would be less and less as times goes on. Regards 2 all. ^5 -searcher. |
radar Send message Joined: 7 Aug 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 305,333 RAC: 0 |
Good on you Sun - may your sun always shine. Roll on Monday. From RADAR South Africa |
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