"Server Status Page" says 96,602 results available, why can't download any work?

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DaveT - 22 Jun 2009 18:57 GMT

I bumped my preferences up to 3 days and got way too much work, so I cut this off, and ran out; now
I can't get any. I can not understand why the SSP says work is available but the messages screen
says "(Project has no jobs available)".

Anyway, that aside, does anyone understand the difference between the "days of work" on the web page
versus the boinc setting? Specifically, I mean the setting at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ =>
"Preferences" => "Computing Preferences" => "Maintain enough work for an additional ? days" versus
"Boinc 6.6.31" => "Advanced" => "Preferences" => "Network usage" => "Additional work buffer ?.??
days" ? Which one controls how much work you actually get?

Thanks.
DaveT

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DaveT - 23 Jun 2009 03:36 GMT

Oh well, it's fixed.

>I bumped my preferences up to 3 days and got way too much work, so I cut this off, and ran out; now
>I can't get any. I can not understand why the SSP says work is available but the messages screen
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>Thanks.
>DaveT

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Tazz - 23 Jun 2009 14:40 GMT

> I bumped my preferences up to 3 days and got way too much work, so I cut this off, and ran out; now
> I can't get any. I can not understand why the SSP says work is available but the messages screen
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> Thanks.
> DaveT

I'm sorry, I may be responsible for the recent outages. All of the
pieces came for my new computer last week and as soon as I had it
running the SETI servers screwed up. Two days ago I put together another
machine from all of the spare parts I had lying around. Guess what
happened when I got it up and running :)

I guess the SETI guys have it all sorted out, all of my machines are
crunching now.

Something I learned the other day; the settings you select in the BOINC
program will over-ride the settings you select on the web interface.

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DaveT - 23 Jun 2009 23:25 GMT

...sort of like the woman who thought her toaster triggered the blackout...:)

>Something I learned the other day; the settings you select in the BOINC
>program will over-ride the settings you select on the web interface.

Thanks.
I was sort of noticing that was the case. Now that I understand that, I can horde enough work that I
don't have to get all freaked out when they're broken for a day or two. I had been adjusting the
setting on the website, to no avail. Boinc comes with a default value of 0.2 days, which is not
enough to bridge the outages on my 2.5ghz dual-core.

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Rodney Pont - 23 Jun 2009 16:31 GMT

>Anyway, that aside, does anyone understand the difference between the "days of work" on the web page
>versus the boinc setting? Specifically, I mean the setting at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ =>
>"Preferences" => "Computing Preferences" => "Maintain enough work for an additional ? days" versus
>"Boinc 6.6.31" => "Advanced" => "Preferences" => "Network usage" => "Additional work buffer ?.??
>days" ? Which one controls how much work you actually get?

They are the same thing. It gets the "Additional work buffer" value
from the web page one but if you put a value in "Additional work
buffer" it overrides the value from the web page.

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