This morning i received this message in BOINC.

So right now there is no more work from project PS3GRID?

This morning i received this message in BOINC.

So right now there is no more work from project PS3GRID?

There will be new work tonight. We are changing the credit system.

This morning i received this message in BOINC.

So right now there is no more work from project PS3GRID?

There will be new work tonight. We are changing the credit system.

Thanks!

How will be the new system credit?

This has happened a few times during testing, we get some work for a few days and then there is a pause, usually when they are analyzing what we did to make a change, as GDF states below. To me this is just normal project start up growing pains, so to speak. Just sit back and relax, and every thing will be running smoothly soon. I\'ve got a good supply of rum and ice, so no worries here.

As far as project testing goes, this has been one of the best so far with the least amount of problems.

See Credit system thread in number crunching for answer to the credit question.

Thanks a lot!

I know that is a beta testing phase.

Just for information, because they don\'t tell how long test will be runing, how many WU are test.

And for this question, i put it because i don\'t know if i made an error and get this error message, or if the problem is not a problem.

And i\'m reading to the forum, so i saw the post for new credit system.

Sorry for my bad english if i wrote some non-english sentence ;-)

I saw it about 30 min, and again \"no work from project\"!

That\'s strange!
I saw in BOINC, a new WU download at 00h30 (GMT+1), like it was said sooner.

So, normal or not?

See the Server Status page at http://www.ps3grid.net/PS3GRID/server_status.php

This will tell you the status of the scheduler which sends work, and if there is any work to be sent out. If the scheduler is running and it shows work units to be sent, and you get this message, then yes there is a problem.

I think you are just missing the small batches being sent.

Maybe Gianni can comment on this better what is going on.

I was just guessing before, we get some and then there is a break while he waits to see if everything is running smoothly with the first of that batch. Then if the first few are ok we get some more.

I\'ve been testing projects for 3-4 years now, I guess to me its normal and does not seem to be like anything is wrong.

I was just guessing before, we get some and then there is a break while he waits to see if everything is running smoothly with the first of that batch. Then if the first few are ok we get some more.

Work for everyone now.

As you say, I have been sending out a small batch with the new credits and new work to test.
It is longer than the previous one (around 21 hours now), but as before you can safely restart and finish in several days (< 7days).

We are still testing the shorter workunits.
g

Hi Jim,
now there is work. We try to give it out after testing it.
Enjoy your wus and the new credits.
But, didn\'t you have a new wu already running?
g

Thanks for the url, because i don\'t find it on the home page.
Maybe my eyes....

I\'m ok, this is an alpha project, but i thought that more informations could be useful!

I don\'t like to let my computers do nothing if they are on.

I\'m taking long time to write sometime!!

I\'ve upload my last WU an get the new one.

Gianni wrote:

...But, didn\'t you have a new wu already running?
g

I can\'t answer that, but remember:

#1 The host will retrieve more work to fill the queue before the current one finishes.
#2 When finished the result may be uploaded, but then there can be a delay between the uplaod and the time the host reports it has uploaded, so it would still appear as work in progress by looking at a users account page.

I sometimes show 3 on my system, 1 running, 1 waiting to run and 1 uploading or waiting to report.

Jim wrote:

Thanks a lot!

No problem.

Jim wrote:

And for this question, i put it because i don\'t know if i made an error and get this error message, or if the problem is not a problem.

Thats good. Don\'t be afraid to ask any question. As you say it might be a problem and without asking, no one knows.

And to quote some thing else you said
Jim wrote:

...but i thought that more informations could be useful!

Thats the purpose of my answers, I just try to give some useful information, not just for the person asking, but for all who might be reading and have the same question and maybe not know as much about BOINC.

Jim wrote:

Sorry for my bad english if i wrote some non-english sentence ;-)

No need to appologize for that. I don\'t speak or read any other languages, beside english and computerish, so I give you a salute for making the effort. I also find, not refering to you specifically, that it is sometimes humorous how it is written, I like that. Usually the point is made and can be understood, the the most important.

Jim wrote:

And thanks for your work Krunchin-Keith again!
You\'re very useful for this project, always good informations or answer!

Well thank you, I don\'t hear that a whole lot and its always nice to know I helped at least one person, that compliment makes it all worth the effort. :)

Oops, I think I should get back to work now.

Can someone please give the server a little kick?
I need WUs! ;-)

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Can someone please give the server a little kick?
I need WUs! ;-)

A new large batch of work available now.

Thank you! :)

Hi all,

I\'m unable to download new work, maybe there is some maintenance work being done on the server? (On the server stats page the upload/download and scheduler server are listed as \'disabled\'.

Hereby my log:

2007-11-28 21:14:21 [PS3GRID] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
2007-11-28 21:14:21 [PS3GRID] Requesting 1728000 seconds of new work
2007-11-28 21:14:26 [PS3GRID] Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 601]
2007-11-28 21:14:26 [PS3GRID] Deferring communication for 31 sec
2007-11-28 21:14:26 [PS3GRID] Reason: requested by project
2007-11-28 21:14:26 [PS3GRID] Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
2007-11-28 21:14:26 [PS3GRID] Reason: no work from project

I\'ll temporarily switch to yoyo@home.

Unfortunately I\'ve to detach from PS3GRID and re-attach to yoyo (and back), even with the setting \'Leave applications in memory while suspended\' set to \'no\' in both projects.

It seems that the SPE\'s in my playstions are not always correctly freed while both projects are attached at the same time.

Anyone more luck with running PS3GRID and yoyo@home as backup-project at the same time?

Kind regards,
Iw@n

(On the server stats page the upload/download and scheduler server are listed as \'disabled\'.

It always shows that, has done so ever since the beginning. PS3GRID is run on a shared server and the necessary component to show the correct status is not able to be installed or was not installed.

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There should be no reason to detach one and attach the other, then back.
You could just \'suspend\' the one project and \'resume\' the other.

I usually have no problems. I at one time set my resource share to the following, PS3GRID=4096, YOYO=1 and keep both active. Then normally PS3GRID is run and only will you get Yoyo when there is no work available from PS3GRID for any number of reasons. Just make the difference between the two very large.

Hi Keith,

I\'ve set the resource share to PS3GRID=4096, YOYO=1 on both of my Playstations.

Also i\'ve configured BOINC to log to /var/log/boinc.log (before i logged only to /dev/null/ ;-))

I\'m very curious if PS3GRID and Yoyo@home can work together with the Cell SPE\'s while switching programs.

Both projects are now enabled on my Playstations, in the next days i can maybe tell more about the results.

Kind regards,
Iw@n

I haven\'t had a WU to crunch in about a day. The server status page says there is work to send but I keep getting a \"no work\" message every time I try to get more. What\'s going on?

Tim