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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
...I have a packet that is 50 hours @ 8%. I found out once before when I get a packet like this, my computer is wasteing it's time. I will not receive any points and more than likely the program will drop this packet before it complete's anyway.
...Is there anyway I can go ahead and dump this packet and pick up another before my computer spends 200+ hours working on it? |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
 Hi Steve 002Please check the Proteome Graphic on your Info screen If it is moving then your Work Unit is progressing It would appear that a number of members including myself are experiencing long run times on current work units My current one took 1hr 52 minutes to get to 1% and is currently at 12.9% which as taken 18 Hrs 31 Mins At this rate it will take 143 Hours [Almost 6 days] No matter, as your completed Work Unit will arive at the sever eventually and you points will be awarded It will just take longer to see the benefit I personally love large work units as I like to see a large number of points being contributed to my team in one big lump Different strokes for different folks, I guess[Grin] A number of members have run into what they percieved to be a problem with the progress, appearing to have stopped On most of these Work Units this is not the case Usually you have reached a part of the work unit that has a really complex fold and consequently take longer A member here recently had a work unit that appeared to have stopped at 93% and it took 5 hours to get past this complex part of the work unit, however he did complete it and returned it to the server and was awarded his points Killing the process and starting again is not always the best course of action The point I am trying to make is Please Have Patience However if you feel compelled to kill it, bring up Task Manager and look in Processes and click on WCGrid_Rosetta.exe and click on End Process Then Go to Start/Programs/WorldCommunityGrid/ and double click on World Community Grid Agent and when it restarts you should receive a new Work Unit as long as you are connected to the web Regards [Edit 3 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 19, 2005 12:43:31 PM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
....Thanks for the speedy reply. I had a packet several weeks ago that was at 93% and over 200 hours when I went to bed. When I got up the next morning, a new packet had started but points were not awarded. The points are not an issue as much as the point that if the packet I am working on is not any good or not acceptable. I don't want to waste time on it.
....QUESTION: Did I read where there is a 2 week limit on getting a packet returned. If so, at this rate, will I get it complete in time? ....My computer is an oldy but a goody. Runs like new, but unfortunately with a 600mhz processor is a little on the slow side compared to the rest. So I'm used to used to seeing long packet times. This one just seemed extreme. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Hi Steve002This is a dilemma I know this is no consolation, but by my calculation, it could conceivable take over 600 hours at your current rate of processing to process your current Work Unit This would inevitably pass the 336 Hours 1 sec [2 Week 1 Sec] rule for returning Work Units and would abort and download a new Work Unit On the other hand, due to the length of the current Work Units being distributed, being uncommonly long, you could be in a catch 22 situation, meaning to say, your next ono could result in the same problem, being an uncommonly long processing time to complete I cannot recommend a solution to this dilemma Perhaps someone else has a better solution Help Guys! PS: David Autumns Comunity Admin is online and may have a better solution If he picks up this thread PPS I just picked up this info from the last post in this thread so there may be some good news on the horizon http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1509 Regards [Edit 4 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 19, 2005 1:53:50 PM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
....QUESTION: Did I read where there is a 2 week limit on getting a packet returned. If so, at this rate, will I get it complete in time?. Yes you did. Have a look at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/...?thread=857&offset=20 |
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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Patience patience patience don’t get rid of the Work Unit you are on today just because the math’s say you will be outside of the 2 week limit this doesn’t mean that it will turn out that way. The progress through the work unit is what Rick Alther calls non-deterministic i.e. impossible to work out in advance. It may take 1 hour to get to 99% and then take 3 days to complete that last 1 percent, nobody knows in advance.
----------------------------------------Stick with it, if you do reach the 2 week limit you will still be credited with the points that your PC has earned during that 2 weeks of hard slog. Just keep on crunching otherwise we’ll never reach our goal if everyone keeps abandoning the one they are working on for one possibly shorter! Regards Dave  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Steve,
I got a toooooooo big one on my hand as well, unfortunately on one of my slower machines ( a P3-600 )  According to my calculations it will run for about 18 days or about 400hrs running 24/7.And to be honnest I am a little disappointed I do not get the change of finishing the WU while I stay well whitin the 21 days limit....  I still hope someone will give me a clue how to cheat the 236hrs crunching limit on the thread I started http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1506  ... no luck for this chruncher so far.....  I'll just keep my CPU's smoking...  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Well thanks for the input everyone. I guess I'll just keep chipping away at this packet. See what happens?
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Update! 330 hours @ 54% ... I know I'm suppose to get points.... I'm waiting to see if I do. I havent the last couple of times I have gotten packets like this.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Hi Steve002Please hang in there while I report your problem to Rick Alther World Community Grid Tech I feel sure he will provide an answer for you in the next 24 Hours Thanks for you patience Regards |
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