I'd have to agree, Bryn. OPN1 is throttled because of the researcher's side of things - and they've got a large team + a ton of grant / research funds.

MCM is obviously comfortable picking up more WUs, given the appeal to turn MCM on in the last monthly update.

Yes, the debate we had last month over *how many is too many / too little* in terms of projects, doesn't really mean much.

However it is clear *something* is up, given the drop in WUs processed since May. https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/viewGlobalHistory.do

Whether that is the fault of the volunteers, IBM or anyone else, is unclear. But it is very much a bad faith claim to suggest that IBM isn't supporting the projects. There isn't a shortage of overall WUs ot my knowledge, but that the OPN1 project is throttling itself so it can continue to work at a pace they're comfortable with. That's project-specific, USACITIZENSCIENCE, and the OPN1 team has already given their reasons why they aren't flooding the grid with WUs to fill GPU capacity.

Not implying that IBM is responsible for work unit flow on a daily or weekly basis but according to the site they carefully assess and vet all candidate projects and this should include whether the researchers are actually prepared to support sustained workflows. It seems that some of the teams were overwhelmed once 'turning on' the work which then resulted in pauses. I love the fact that IBM took this on and is such a strong contributor, and am just a bit frustrated that SCC and TB work units have been so sparce.