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I have a large GPU job finishing in 20 minutes or so.

The Collection Server address is 0.0.0.0. That's obviously not good.

Will the job result be sent to the Work Server? (52.224.109.74)?

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The collection server is just a backup if the main server is down, not all servers have a collection server set up.

One could say that in the normal course of events having a CS is a bad thing ... since a WU always needs to get the WS that issued it then if it has to go to a CS it means that there is an issue with the WS or connecting to the WS and the WU is going to be delayed ... when things are more stable then tbh CS should be needed much less ... hence the reasoning that a CS is a bad thing as although it is there as a backup in the normal course of events it should rarely if ever be needed?

However currently most WS do have a CS to cover overload and server issues during this period of rapid expansion.

It would be nice if they were not ever needed but users have lost a lot of points due to down servers. Of course they have also lost points because the collection server needs to know what units are valid to collect and they are also sometimes out of sync and refuse valid units.

Thanks for the replies. Good to know all that hard work doesn't end up in a bit bucket!

Being up front and honest, unfortunately sometimes it does (a couple of issues at the moment mean some is doing just that ) but everyone tries really hard to stop this happening and rectify issues that can cause this when they happen.

So finally it was OK.