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Message 50313 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 13:01:10 UTC

Looks like there is a problem with current GPU Workunits:

http://gpugrid.net/workunit.php?wuid=14409360

I've had around 6 failing in a short time, my quota is now exceeded. Linux here.

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Message 50315 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 13:30:34 UTC - in response to Message 50313.

True, " Error reading parmtop file " means something amiss in the WU.

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Message 50319 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 13:51:03 UTC

They all fail immediately,both in Windows and Linux.
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Message 50321 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 15:50:34 UTC

same thing here on Windows:

ERROR: file mdioload.cpp line 229: Error reading parmtop file

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Message 50324 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 18:15:08 UTC

in my case, short runs are working, long runs not (Windows)

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Message 50325 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 18:15:13 UTC

in my case, short runs are working, long runs not (Windows)

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Message 50326 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 18:37:46 UTC

Is it a good idea to pull the bad batch out of the queue, since they have 100% error rate, according to the server status page? They also have weird file names compared to "normal" workunits, fx AGUAGUAGUA etc. I don't know if that is of any significance though.

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Message 50327 - Posted: 28 Aug 2018 | 19:29:39 UTC - in response to Message 50326.

Is it a good idea to pull the bad batch out of the queue ...

it definitely is; particularly in view of the fact that if a (low) number of such tasks has failed on a given host, this host won't receive any new tasks (regardless of good or bad ones) for the next 24 hours.
So these hosts are "punished", although they didn't do anything wrong.

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Message 50329 - Posted: 29 Aug 2018 | 10:58:58 UTC
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Can anyone explain me why while the Project Status Page shows hundreds of unsent "PABLO_2IDP..." tasks, all my hosts download only these faulty "PABLO_prod_1_UUAUACCUACCA_350K_2_ru" (and similar) tasks, although from them there are only a handful unsent left?
This is rather annoying :-(
What I don't understand: once it became clear that they all are faulty - why have they not been withdrawn from the queue?

As a consequence, I have given up crunching GPUGRID for the time being, and will turn to other projects.

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Message 50330 - Posted: 29 Aug 2018 | 11:33:22 UTC - in response to Message 50329.

It would help if GPUGrid used a short beta test for new work units. The bad ones would show up in a hurry, and it would avoid filling up the main cache with them. It always takes time to clear out the faulty ones in BOINC; I don't think there is a fast way to do it.

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Message 50338 - Posted: 30 Aug 2018 | 10:42:17 UTC - in response to Message 50330.

It would help if GPUGrid used a short beta test for new work units. The bad ones would show up in a hurry ...

in fact, I am surprised that new tasks are not being testet at all before they are sent to the download queue :-(

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