dealing with network outtages
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dealing with network outtages
I noticed in Rosetta@home they have a feature that will allow the user to specify how many days worth of work units to store on the local machine in case of a network failure. I thought it would apply to f@h clients very well.
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Re: dealing with network outtages
F@H saves the last nine.theteofscuba wrote:I noticed in Rosetta@home they have a feature that will allow the user to specify how many days worth of work units to store on the local machine in case of a network failure. I thought it would apply to f@h clients very well.
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chungenhung
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Re: dealing with network outtages
I think he's asking about how can we get more workunits AHEAD of time, so it will have something to crunch if network is out.sneakers55 wrote:F@H saves the last nine.
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Re: dealing with network outtages
The caching of additional work, or work units, is counter productive with the Folding@home project. Work units are serial in nature, and are very time sensitive. The next work unit in a series can not be sent out until the previous results are returned. If someone was to download 10 work units, it could potentially slow down the project quite a lot while those 10 work units are slowly processed, or while waiting for the network outage to be restored.
F@H did have this feature for a while, when there were work units that were not time sensitive. However, all WUs now are time sensitive. Sorry.
F@H did have this feature for a while, when there were work units that were not time sensitive. However, all WUs now are time sensitive. Sorry.
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