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BladeD
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 28976 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I think the 24h deadline is crazy, even if it's convenient for the reasons given in this thread. It's not convenient! It's a requirement!!! That's a completely different thing! I will not be running FAAH2 anymore. I'll try to pick up the slack!   ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by BladeD at Apr 27, 2019 4:08:12 PM] |
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sean0118
Cruncher Australia Joined: Feb 7, 2010 Post Count: 33 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I get why they don't want very long deadlines, but why not at least 48h?
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BladeD
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I get why they don't want very long deadlines, but why not at least 48h? Are you sure? Read it again....  Was already explained a few days ago and repeated ad nauseam. The tasks have a dependency and a sequence of hundreds. One result forms the base for generating the next step set. With 24 hours deadline and a sequence of 300, they know they'll have a complete simulation series in at most 300 days for that target. If they'd allow the common 7-10 days deadline, they'd not have a simulation complete until 2025. Enough said. |
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sean0118
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Are you sure? Read it again.... Yes, I re-read it, and I still get it. They can have a 24hr deadline if they want, but I think it's too short. |
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BladeD
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Are you sure? Read it again.... Yes, I re-read it, and I still get it. They can have a 24hr deadline if they want, but I think it's too short. a complete simulation series in at most 300 days for that target. So, double that just for those like you.  |
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sean0118
Cruncher Australia Joined: Feb 7, 2010 Post Count: 33 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Why not half the deadline to 12hrs then? Get it done in 150 days?
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Sgt.Joe
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Why not half the deadline to 12hrs then? Get it done in 150 days? Probably because there are quite a number of machines which are incapable of making a 12 hour limit, but are good for a 24 hour limit. I would call that a compromise to accommodate as many machines as possible and still get the 300 jobs done in a reasonable amount of time. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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sean0118
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Thanks Sgt. Joe, that does make sense.
----------------------------------------But I think it does really come down to personal opinion to what the deadline should be. [Edit 1 times, last edit by sean0118 at Apr 28, 2019 1:08:04 PM] |
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BladeD
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Thanks Sgt. Joe, that does make sense. But I think it does really come down to personal opinion to what the deadline should be. Very true. But what it is...is a different thing. |
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Jim1348
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I just devote a separate Windows machine to FAH2 (only), and run all the others on Linux machines. It works.
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