TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

thebluebumblebee · Mar 10, 2023

4 hours ago:
Well, this doesn't look promising.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634272712473419778

phill · Mar 12, 2023

Still very much waiting and considering they aren't able to or don't work over the weekends, it kinda sucks.... hard...

Norton · Mar 12, 2023

Getting the feeling that upper management of that organization took it on for the press/marketing without any budget or sense of what it took to successfully run a project this large. Then tossed the work on the todo list of an underpaid/overworked tech and said "figure it out"

NastyHabits · Mar 12, 2023

Norton said:
Getting the feeling that upper management of that organization took it on for the press/marketing without any budget or sense of what it took to successfully run a project this large. Then tossed the work on the todo list of an underpaid/overworked tech and said "figure it out"

Been there, done that. :banghead:

xtreemchaos · Mar 12, 2023

there Tech repair skill are mega fantastic ;-}. im not getting any younger. sorry im being neg but how long do it take to fix a bloody server eh.

80-watt Hamster · Mar 12, 2023

xtreemchaos said:
there Tech repair skill are mega fantastic ;-}. im not getting any younger. sorry im being neg but how long do it take to fix a bloody server eh.

Awhile. Diagnostics, repair, validation, testing... The last two are probably the biggest timesinks, particularly for what looks to be an extremely under-resourced department.

thebluebumblebee · Mar 13, 2023

Just out:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635387343229313025

phill · Mar 13, 2023

Was just about to post this!

Thank you Mr @thebluebumblebee

mjkmike · Mar 17, 2023

dropped in to say im still alive miss you all

hat · Mar 18, 2023

I've been having too many performance issues with WCG anyway. None of my systems can be dedicated crunchers anymore, and WCG has been causing lag somehow on each system. From everything to stuttery video playback to laggy servers...

phill · Mar 21, 2023

Well, there' some movement going forward but how much I'm unsure. Hopefully with their updates, things are on the up and up

WCG Update

It'll be nice to get back to it but I'm not sure if its going to be such a rush to the servers they might have some more problems... Here's hoping they don't

HammerON · Mar 23, 2023

I did something last night I haven't done since around 2009, I shut my computer down. I have been leaving it running in hopes that WCG/BOINC would start working again, but alas I give up. Yes, I know I can work on other projects or fold, just frustrated at this point and taking a break.

phill · Mar 23, 2023

HammerON said:
I did something last night I haven't done since around 2009, I shut my computer down. I have been leaving it running in hopes that WCG/BOINC would start working again, but alas I give up. Yes, I know I can work on other projects or fold, just frustrated at this point and taking a break.

I believe that's how a lot of people are feeling at the moment @HammerON ....

Norton · Mar 23, 2023

HammerON said:
I did something last night I haven't done since around 2009, I shut my computer down. I have been leaving it running in hopes that WCG/BOINC would start working again, but alas I give up. Yes, I know I can work on other projects or fold, just frustrated at this point and taking a break.

phill said:
I believe that's how a lot of people are feeling at the moment @HammerON ....

Seeing some movement from folks in that WCG thread you posted Phil... some work units have uploaded and/or reported. Pretty sure with the monstrous backlog it may take awhile for everything to get in. A slight ray of hope maybe?

phill · Mar 23, 2023

Norton said:
Seeing some movement from folks in that WCG thread you posted Phil... some work units have uploaded and/or reported. Pretty sure with the monstrous backlog it may take awhile for everything to get in. A slight ray of hope maybe?

I'd love to hope so to Norton, I mean, its been going on long enough and I do wonder what sort of brief Krembil had when they took over this project. I mean, they aren't the size of IBM are they?? I have one outstanding WCG unit to go back but its still pending. I'm curious with when it does open up, what sort of 'flood defence' they will have to limit the crazy that they will be having to deal with, with everyone trying to return or download some new work....

Norton · Mar 24, 2023

Looks like we're finally getting close to lighting this candle (good info in the links to posts on the WCG forum- see below)

They expect to be taking in the completed work Monday-ish and once they have those and evaluate they may be ready to send out fresh work.

The hardware they picked up needs to be paid for by the end of the year ($57k CAD) and they have received just over $2k in donations.

World Community Grid - View Thread - Donations - please help via social media

World Community Grid - View Thread - Hardware Recovery Update (old)

Once this is all back up and running and we have some organization and transparency into how the funding is being done I personally will have no problem knocking on doors, holding funding drives, whatever is needed but they're not really there yet imo.

I will give Dr Jurisica credit as it appears as if he is stepping out into this issue and addressing it (more than he was previously).

Norton · Mar 28, 2023

Creeping a little closer.....

World Community Grid - View Thread - Hardware Recovery Updates (Updated March 31, 2023)

March 27, 2023 update

Data transfer to new storage system
We have started transferring all data from the recovery storage unit to our new storage system on Friday. Based on the current rate of transfer, we expect to have all data transferred/verified later this week. We will then download all processed WUs, after which we can resume sending work units to volunteers. We plan to start with MCM and OPN/OPNG; followed by ARP and then the new SCC work units.

In the meantime, we have confirmed that our daily database backups for BOINC and for the website/forums are working. The databases have been recovered and transferred to the new, faster storage already. Incremental backup to tape archive has been implemented on the new storage.

thebluebumblebee · Mar 28, 2023

Norton said:
Creeping a little closer.....

Just like:
Little kid runs in slow motion during baseball game - Daily Mail - YouTube

phill · Mar 29, 2023

Maybe we might get there in a few days/weeks but hopefully not months....

Zachary85 · Apr 3, 2023

The server is accepting finished work now. Managed to get 6 new Opn1 work units a few minutes ago. The server is probably getting hammered by everyone right now so it may take awhile to get enough work to keep us crunching.

80-watt Hamster · Apr 3, 2023

Zachary85 said:
The server is accepting finished work now. Managed to get 6 new Opn1 work units a few minutes ago. The server is probably getting hammered by everyone right now so it may take awhile to get enough work to keep us crunching.

My transfer queue is empty, at least. Progress!

Zachary85 · Apr 3, 2023

Picked up a bunch of MCM units just now. The project did back off a couple of times, but everything finished downloading.

thebluebumblebee · Apr 3, 2023

I feel so empty.

NastyHabits · Apr 3, 2023

All my finished work has uploaded. I'm running jobs on all open cores, and a bunch are cued for downloading. In other works, all loks normal for me.

Norton · Apr 3, 2023

Zachary85 said:
Picked up a bunch of MCM units just now. The project did back off a couple of times, but everything finished downloading.

Have a bunch of OPN jobs running on my Ryzen 1700 and 5950X rigs

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name	Rex
Processor	Ryzen 2600
Motherboard	GigaByte B450M DS3H
Cooling	Wraith
Memory	16 GB Corsair Vengence 3000
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 1660 SC
Storage	XPG M.2, Samsung 860 SSD, WD Black 1 TB
Display(s)	ASUS VG248
Case	Corsair mATX cube. (Alas they don't make it anymore)
Power Supply	Corsair HX 600 Watt
Mouse	Microsoft
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Windows 10 64 ibit

System Name	1.FortySe7en VR rig 2. intel teliscope rig 3.MSI GP72MVR Leopard Pro .E-52699, Xeon play thing
Processor	1.3900x @stock 2. 5950x undervolted . 3. i7 7700hq 4 E5-2699 V3
Motherboard	1.aorus x570 ultra 2. Rog b550 f,4 MR9A PRO ATX X99
Cooling	1.Hard tube loop, cpu and gpu 2. Hard loop cpu and gpu 4 360 AIO
Memory	1.Gskill neo @3600 32gb 2.corsair ven 32gb @3200 3. 16gb hyperx @2400 4 64GB 2133 in quad channel
Video Card(s)	1.GIGABYTE RTX 3080 WaterForce WB 2. Aorus RTX2080 3. 1060 3gb. 4 Arc 770LE 16 gb
Storage	1 M.2 1tb +1tb , 2 3tb HDs 2. 1tb m.2 3tbHD 3. 256 m.2. 1tb ssd 4. 2gb ssd
Display(s)	1.LG 50" UHD , 2 MSI Optix MAG342C UWHD. 3.17" 120 hz display 4. Acer Preditor 144hz 32inch.z
Case	1. Thermaltake P5 2. Thermaltake P3 4. montech king 65
Audio Device(s)	1 Onboard 2 Onboard 3 Onboard 4. onboard.
Power Supply	1.seasonic gx 850w 2. seasonic gx 750w. 4 RM850w
Mouse	1 ROG Gladius 2 Corsair m65 pro
Keyboard	1. ROG Strix Flare 2. Corsair F75 RBG 3. steelseries RBG
VR HMD	rift and rift S and Quest 2. rog ally 2tb m.2 1tb SD.
Software	1. win11 pro 2. win11 pro 3, win11 home 4 win11 pro
Benchmark Scores	1.7821 cb20 ,cb15 3442 1c 204 cpu-z 1c 539 12c 8847

TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

thebluebumblebee

phill

Moderator

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

NastyHabits

xtreemchaos

80-watt Hamster

thebluebumblebee

phill

Moderator

mjkmike

hat

Enthusiast

phill

Moderator

HammerON

The Watchful Moderator

phill

Moderator

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

phill

Moderator

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

thebluebumblebee

phill

Moderator

Zachary85

80-watt Hamster

Zachary85

thebluebumblebee

NastyHabits

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

System Name	Office
Processor	Core i7 10700K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z590 Aourus Ultra
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

Processor	just a few i7's all AMD's gone to friends
Motherboard	Mother F%#@& am I board
Cooling	It's called Alberta Canada.
Memory	Don't remember.
Video Card(s)	Hope for blckjack
Storage	hurt my toe's when droped
Display(s)	never big enough
Case	I think they call it a lost case
Audio Device(s)	What speek up I'm old.
Power Supply	Good old coffee
Software	when you get this old everything is soft
Benchmark Scores	Always on the bench never on the field.

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Aki
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A
Cooling	MSI MAG CoreLiquid E360
Memory	Patriot Viper Elite 5 32GB 6200
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090 XLR8
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	ASUS ROG Strix Scope II Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~