Project: 2671 (Run 0, Clone 20, Gen 82) - 7x normal P2671 WU

[Foxbat]

Like some other Project 2671 WUs, this one has too many steps for my Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Dual Dual-Core to complete in the time allotted.

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[06:45:24] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[06:45:24] + Attempting to get work packet
[06:45:24] - Will indicate memory of 4096 MB
[06:45:24] - Connecting to assignment server
[06:45:24] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[06:45:24] Posted data.
[06:45:24] Initial: 43AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.24).
[06:45:24] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[06:45:24] Loaded queue successfully.
[06:45:24] Connecting to http://171.67.108.24:8080/
[06:45:31] Posted data.
[06:45:31] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 4841560)
[06:47:00] - Downloaded at ~53 kB/s
[06:47:00] - Averaged speed for that direction ~312 kB/s
[06:47:00] + Received work.
[06:47:00] Trying to send all finished work units
[06:47:00] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[06:47:00] + Closed connections
[06:47:00] 
[06:47:00] + Processing work unit
[06:47:00] At least 4 processors must be requested.Core required: FahCore_a2.exe
[06:47:00] Core found.
[06:47:00] - Using generic ./mpiexec
[06:47:01] Working on queue slot 07 [February 6 06:47:01 UTC]
[06:47:01] + Working ...
[06:47:01] - Calling './mpiexec -np 4 -host 127.0.0.1 ./FahCore_a2.exe -dir work/ -suffix 07 -priority 96 -checkpoint 8 -forceasm -verbose -lifeline 7278 -version 624'

[06:47:01] 
[06:47:01] *------------------------------*
[06:47:01] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[06:47:01] Version 2.02 (Mon Nov 24 13:48:35 PST 2008)
[06:47:01] 
[06:47:01] Preparing to commence simulation
[06:47:01] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[06:47:10] - Assembly optimizations manually forced on.
[06:47:10] - Not checking prior termination.
[06:47:11] - Expanded 4841048 -> 24033169 (decompressed 496.4 percent)
[06:47:11] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=4841048 data_size=24033169, decompressed_data_size=24033169 diff=0
[06:47:12] - Digital signature verified
[06:47:12] 
[06:47:12] Project: 2671 (Run 0, Clone 20, Gen 82)
[06:47:12] 
[06:47:12] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[06:47:12] Entering M.D.
[07:38:43] Completed 17500 out of 1750000 steps  (1%)
[08:00:20] - Autosending finished units... [February 6 08:00:20 UTC]
[08:00:20] Trying to send all finished work units
[08:00:20] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[08:00:20] - Autosend completed
[08:29:46] Completed 35000 out of 1750000 steps  (2%)
[09:20:48] Completed 52500 out of 1750000 steps  (3%)
[10:11:49] Completed 70000 out of 1750000 steps  (4%)
[11:02:47] Completed 87500 out of 1750000 steps  (5%)
[11:53:44] Completed 105000 out of 1750000 steps  (6%)
[12:44:43] Completed 122500 out of 1750000 steps  (7%)
[13:35:41] Completed 140000 out of 1750000 steps  (8%)
[14:00:20] - Autosending finished units... [February 6 14:00:20 UTC]
[14:00:20] Trying to send all finished work units
[14:00:20] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[14:00:20] - Autosend completed

InCrease predicts that this WU will complete on 02/09/2009 @ 19:59 UTC, past the deadline (Mon Feb 9 01:47:00 2009). I am going to follow the suggestion to force an early termination and send the partial results.

I noticed that FAH seems to be ignoring my 8 minute Checkpoints, too, so I am waiting for the 9% mark before killing this WU.

Update: Well, that did not go as well as I might hope. The QFix/Send didn't find anything to send, so I deleted the WU from my Queue. I now have a different WU (P2675R2C50G69) to Fold, so I'm hoping I'm back in business. We'll see in ten or fifteen minutes...

[Foxbat]

Well, that's not nice... After one normal 250000 step WU. the Assignment Server has re-issued me this over-sized WU again. I want to give BSG my undivided attention and now I'm going to have to fix this. Maybe if I had a 3.4 GHz Dual Quad I could finish it in the allotted time, but not with my Mac Pro.

[Foxbat]

...and one more time. What needs to be done to fix this WU? I'll just keep deleting it and trying for normal-sized WUs for now, but I'm sure this isn't good for the science.

[kasson]

I stopped this one on the server. If you can update to the 2.04 core, that will help stop generating these bad work units. Thanks for the report.

[Foxbat]

Thank you. I'll wait until the end of my current WU and delete the FAHCore_A2.exe file

Update: Both Mac SMP clients are running with the new v2.04 FAHCore_A2 executable. Any hints as to what's different from the v2.01 or v2.02 versions?