Scary trend in WU assignments!
5 Mar 2005 19:58:12 UTC
Topic 188287
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Bruce,
I've noticed a scary trend in the WU's I’ve been assigned lately. My most productive host is receiving WU's from a group of results where all other WU's remain unsent, providing no hope of earning credits anytime soon. On my other two machines, the WU's are being assigned to a identical group of hosts. If there's a slacker in the group, again, no credits.
My Recent average credit is dropping like a stone and my Total credit is going nowhere fast.
I would expect that the WU assignments should be random. So, my question is, what's up?
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot -- Steven Wright
Scary trend in WU assignments!
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> Bruce,
>
> I've noticed a scary trend in the WU's I’ve been assigned lately. My most
> productive host is receiving WU's from a group of results where all other WU's
> remain unsent, providing no hope of earning credits anytime soon. On my other
> two machines, the WU's are being assigned to a identical group of hosts. If
> there's a slacker in the group, again, no credits.
>
> My Recent average credit is dropping like a stone and my Total
> credit is going nowhere fast.
>
> I would expect that the WU assignments should be random. So, my question is,
> what's up?
Please see front-page FAQ. You will get credits if you complete the work in time. Just be patient.
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
> Please see front-page FAQ.
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> Please see front-page FAQ. You will get credits if you complete the work in
> time. Just be patient.
>
> Bruce
Bruce,
Thanks for the reply. The FAQ doesn't really address my specific question though.
Are the WU's dispersed in a random fashion or are they being distributed according to some EVIL plan? ;p
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot -- Steven Wright
> Are the WU's dispersed in a
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> Are the WU's dispersed in a random fashion or are they being distributed
> according to some EVIL plan? ;p
Do a keyword search using terms like "random algorithm locality scheduler" and you will see there is no "evil plan" :). You will find an "official" BA response on this very process that is bugging you :). It's just Murphy's Law in action....
Cheers,
Gary.