Since Oct 30 22:05 I have been running boinc_5.10.21_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh
Still no AfricanClimate@Home work units. How do I findout what download and upload speeds w.c.g. thinks I have. All other BOINC projects have a page that tells me that kind of thing, but I have not yet found one for W.C.G.

I have now given up all hope of getting one of these.

Hello crooks_uk,
Statistics by Project ( http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/viewProject.do?projectShortName=acah ) show 111 days of processing done for ACAH yesterday. We need to run some work units through to debug and validate the program. It is easier to do this on the grid for some long-running programs. Eventually we will be ready for more massive runs.

Lawrence

Hi crooks_UK,

He said 'days' not 'years' and as explained in multiple places a cycle consists of 82 squares (regions of South Africa measuring 30x30km square) copied out in quorum 10 covering a weather prediction of 14 days. When 14 days are done, the next cycle is generated until the total of 27 is done. So far have picked up from posted WU names that we're in cycle 8 or 9. In short, per cycle there are 820 WU's to go around and 22,140 for the project excluding the fall out from errors and invalids and no-reply. We did 330 thousand Work Units yesterday.

cheers

Added: Had 3 so far and 2 from Beta (helped it a little bit).

They were pondering later to expand it to the whole of Africa. No point into a launching a CPDN size project on climate and the micro-models not gaining the detail 'reliable' knowledge needed. From an agricultural perspective, it would be fantastic to be able to predict.... should the project have been called AW@H?

Meantime check your client_state.xml for:

<bwup>6964.086040</bwup>
<bwdown>146164.514875</bwdown>

The above values were good for getting a few.

7kb up from here in the boondocks to WCG and a model of 133mb would be a few hours upload time :O
(I have measured 480kb up to Amsterdam, but BOINC don't believe me)

Someone wrote the project was a 'con' to get you to crunch for WCG on other work.... well they had me, hook, line and sinker and no regrets at all from my present perspective.