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This WU is running very slow, takes more than 2 hours to complete a single %. (on a 3GHz Octo-core MacPro)

I've tried stopping and restarting it, still doesn't speed up (I've done that with one other slow WU and it restarted at regular speeds).

It's never going to finish on time, so I'm aborting it and going for a fresh one.

So I aborted it (moved the "work" folder and "queue.dat") into a temporary holding folder.

And . . . . the cat came back, got the identical WU again, behaving badly again . . . gonna abort again . . .

(Yes, the servers are programmed to make sure the cat comes back the very next time if it wasn't completed.) You didn't specify your hardware, but Project 3065 has a deadline of 4.4 days. If you're getting 2 hrs per percent, it'll take you about 8 days and there's really no point in trying to complete it. You may have to remove queue.dat several times before you get a new assignment.

There are two servers that distribute SMP work. One seems to have work with deadlines consistent with dual-core hardware and the other has work that is generally designed for quad machines. If the first server runs out of work or is temporarily off-line, people with lower end SMP hardware often have troubles. I had one yesterday that was going to meet the deadline but only by a couple of hours. I didn't remember that fact and ended up doing a lot of internet activity and it got pushed out beyond the deadline.

I did specify hardware above - 3GHz Octo-core (dual quad-core) MacPro

Just to close this one out - you completed it on March 21 for full credit.

Entered into logs at: 2009-03-21 18:00:03
WU assigned to donor at: 2009-03-20 08:44:04
Days taken to complete WU: 1.39
Hi klasseng (team 1971),
Your WU (P3065 R3 C376 G11) was added to the stats database on 2009-03-21 18:04:19 for 2144 points of credit.