Project: 6701 (Run 45, Clone 13, Gen 5)

[Aardvark]

Returned the Subject WU to Stanford ~7AM Local Time 6/24/2010. As expected, I received only the Base 921 points DESPITE having processed 24/7 on a 1.83GHz C2D Mac Mini. Something seems to be seriously askew about how PG benchmarks the new WUs despite their claim that they are only trying to "level the playing field" by introducing the newly revised system.

However, the above is not my current difficulty. The 921 points that I was awarded still do not appear in my Passkey Account. They first appeared in the "Totals" section of the Official Donor Statistics. Is this possible that a P6701 WU (coded as a GRO-A3 Unit) can have the awarded points added to a users "Total" and not added to their "PassKey" accounting???

Either there is a SNAFU afoot here or I just do not understand the complexities of this wonderful points/bonus-points system. I would appreciate it if an Admin/Mod could check and see if the Base Points will eventually be assigned to my Passkey accounting???

The FAHLog for the completion of and return of Subject WU follows:

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[10:40:27] Completed 1960000 out of 2000000 steps  (98%)
[11:32:28] Completed 1980000 out of 2000000 steps  (99%)

Writing final coordinates.
[12:24:55] Completed 2000000 out of 2000000 steps  (100%)

 Average load imbalance: 6.9 %
 Part of the total run time spent waiting due to load imbalance: 4.1 %


	Parallel run - timing based on wallclock.

               NODE (s)   Real (s)      (%)
       Time: 296103.677 296103.677    100.0
                       3d10h15:03
               (Mnbf/s)   (GFlops)   (ns/day)  (hour/ns)
Performance:     59.428      3.349      2.918      8.225

Thanx for Using GROMACS - Have a Nice Day

[12:24:55] DynamicWrapper: Finished Work Unit: sleep=10000
[12:25:05] 
[12:25:05] Finished Work Unit:
[12:25:05] - Reading up to 687408 from "work/wudata_00.trr": Read 687408
[12:25:05] trr file hash check passed.
[12:25:05] - Reading up to 42648668 from "work/wudata_00.xtc": Read 42648668
[12:25:06] xtc file hash check passed.
[12:25:06] edr file hash check passed.
[12:25:06] logfile size: 285268
[12:25:06] Leaving Run
[12:25:07] - Writing 43623680 bytes of core data to disk...
[12:25:09]   ... Done.
[12:25:12] - Shutting down core
[12:25:12] 
[12:25:12] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FINISHED_UNIT
[12:25:13] CoreStatus = 64 (100)
[12:25:13] Unit 0 finished with 43 percent of time to deadline remaining.
[12:25:13] Updated performance fraction: 0.628460
[12:25:13] Sending work to server
[12:25:13] Project: 6701 (Run 45, Clone 13, Gen 5)


[12:25:13] + Attempting to send results [June 24 12:25:13 UTC]
[12:25:13] - Reading file work/wuresults_00.dat from core
[12:25:13]   (Read 43623680 bytes from disk)
[12:25:14] > Press "c" to connect to the server to upload results
c[12:25:49] - Establishing connection
[12:25:52] Connecting to http://171.64.65.56:8080/
[12:28:21] Posted data.
[12:28:21] Initial: 0000; - Uploaded at ~285 kB/s
[12:28:21] - Averaged speed for that direction ~254 kB/s
[12:28:21] + Results successfully sent
[12:28:21] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[12:28:21] + Number of Units Completed: 332

[Aardvark]

I renew the request for assistance as stated in the first message in this thread.

TIA (whoever you are)

[bruce]

The server reports that the passkey in use during the upload did not match the passkey that was in use when the WU was assigned. When you do not meet this security requirement, no bonus is awarded, just as if no passkey was used.

[Aardvark]

@bruce;

The WU in question was returned from a machine that previously returned A3 core WUs and has subsequently returned A3 core WUs. All of these OTHER WUs have been credited to my PassKey Account. During this time-period, I did nothing to change how, or where, my passkey is reported to Stanford/PG.

Do you have any idea as to how this sort of mixup can occur while the return in under the control of the Client and the accuracy of the Stanford Server operation????. The WU was considered "healthy" since it's basic points value WAS credited to my Totals accounting.

Edit: Just to be completely clear, I am only talking about base points, not bonus points, in this thread. It is the base points that were not credited for this particular WU.

[bruce]

Just to be completely clear, I am only talking about base points, not bonus points, in this thread. It is the base points that were not credited for this particular WU.

Is there a breakdown in communications? You DID get base points but no bonus.

Hi Aardvark (team 48057),
Your WU (P6701 R45 C13 G5) was added to the stats database on 2010-06-24 06:06:29 for 921 points of credit.

[Aardvark]

Ok bruce;

If it is in the Database, that is as far as we should/could go. The breakdown must be in the linkage to the Official Stats page that reports PassKey stats. It did not increment when that addition was made to the Database. The Totals Page got it all, however.

Thanks.

[bruce]

Ok bruce;

If it is in the Database, that is as far as we should/could go. The breakdown must be in the linkage to the Official Stats page that reports PassKey stats. It did not increment when that addition was made to the Database. The Totals Page got it all, however.

Thanks.

OK, that makes sense. There SHOULD BE a message in FAHlog "Passkey found" or something like that when you started the WU. If that message is missing, then (A) the WU wouldn't appear in your passkey stats and (B) No bonus. If the message happens to be there, we won't know what passkey was used, but if the message is missing, we will have an explanation.

The server reports that the passkey in use during the upload did not match the passkey that was in use when the WU was assigned. When you do not meet this security requirement, no bonus is awarded, just as if no passkey was used.

[Aardvark]

@bruce;

I reviewed the FAHlog for the total history of the Subject WU. The entry "Passkey found" does appear at the expected time in the download of the WU. The machine immediately started processing and ran without interruption, of any kind, until completion. At that point, the results were written cleanly to disk and return to Stanford appeared to be normal.

From our discussion, it appears that some anomaly occurred that has prevented the Base Points for this WU being credited to my PassKey account. I have processed another P6701 WU, with this same setup, and it's Base Points(No Bonus Points) were credited to the PassKey account. I can not explain the different processing upon return.

The Bonus Points for these P6701 WU's is NOT my issue in this thread. I do feel that the completion of an A3core WU with ~40% of "available time to completion" remaining should be entitled to some Bonus Points. It appears that the P6701 project was structured in some way that does not award Bonus Points for this accomplishment on a C2D Mac Mini. Other Folders have had similar experiences and it has resulted in a "minor FUROR" in these Forums. You have informed PG of the general situation and there is little more that can be done. It is my understanding that PG has the situation "under review".

Bottom line is that I apparently encountered something erratic in how the Subject WU was handled on return to Stanford.
I think we have adequately documented the event and I again "Thank You" for your assistance in running the issue to ground.

[bruce]

I've seen several "minor furors" going on recently but this doesn't fit the pattern of the other topics. This one may be unique to the Mac, though, and I'd like some additional information. Please post the segment of FAHlog that you've described. I want to get to the bottom of the issue.

Have you gotten bonus points for other projects that you've completed on the Mini? If so, what PRCGs?

[Aardvark]

@bruce
I believe that I have assembled all the information that you have requested.

The complete FAHlog for the Subject WU follows:

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[02:09:38] Trying to send all finished work units
[02:09:38] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[02:09:38] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[02:09:38] Cleaning up work directory
[02:09:38] + Attempting to get work packet
[02:09:38] Passkey found
[02:09:38] - Will indicate memory of 2048 MB
[02:09:38] - Connecting to assignment server
[02:09:38] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[02:09:38] Posted data.
[02:09:38] Initial: 40AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.56).
[02:09:38] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[02:09:39] Loaded queue successfully.
[02:09:39] Sent data
[02:09:39] Connecting to http://171.64.65.56:8080/
[02:09:39] Posted data.
[02:09:39] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 764307)
[02:09:45] - Downloaded at ~124 kB/s
[02:09:45] - Averaged speed for that direction ~314 kB/s
[02:09:45] + Received work.
[02:09:45] Trying to send all finished work units
[02:09:45] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[02:09:45] + Connections closed: You may now disconnect
[02:09:45] 
[02:09:45] + Processing work unit
[02:09:45] Core required: FahCore_a3.exe
[02:09:45] Core found.
[02:09:45] Working on queue slot 00 [June 21 02:09:45 UTC]
[02:09:45] + Working ...
[02:09:45] - Calling './FahCore_a3.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 00 -np 2 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 143 -version 629'

[02:09:45] 
[02:09:45] *------------------------------*
[02:09:45] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[02:09:45] Version 2.21 (May 7 2010)
[02:09:45] 
[02:09:45] Preparing to commence simulation
[02:09:45] - Looking at optimizations...
[02:09:45] - Created dyn
[02:09:45] - Files status OK
[02:09:45] - Expanded 763795 -> 1404481 (decompressed 183.8 percent)
[02:09:45] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=763795 data_size=1404481, decompressed_data_size=1404481 diff=0
[02:09:45] - Digital signature verified
[02:09:45] 
[02:09:45] Project: 6701 (Run 45, Clone 13, Gen 5)
[02:09:45] 
[02:09:45] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[02:09:45] Entering M.D.
[02:09:52] Completed 0 out of 2000000 steps  (0%)
[02:58:55] Completed 20000 out of 2000000 steps  (1%)
[03:48:48] Completed 40000 out of 2000000 steps  (2%)
[04:37:49] Completed 60000 out of 2000000 steps  (3%)
[05:26:33] Completed 80000 out of 2000000 steps  (4%)
[06:15:17] Completed 100000 out of 2000000 steps  (5%)
[07:03:42] Completed 120000 out of 2000000 steps  (6%)
[07:51:08] Completed 140000 out of 2000000 steps  (7%)
[08:38:18] Completed 160000 out of 2000000 steps  (8%)
[09:26:03] Completed 180000 out of 2000000 steps  (9%)
[10:13:35] Completed 200000 out of 2000000 steps  (10%)
[11:01:36] Completed 220000 out of 2000000 steps  (11%)
[11:48:57] Completed 240000 out of 2000000 steps  (12%)
[12:35:56] Completed 260000 out of 2000000 steps  (13%)
[13:23:06] Completed 280000 out of 2000000 steps  (14%)
[14:10:19] Completed 300000 out of 2000000 steps  (15%)
[14:58:02] Completed 320000 out of 2000000 steps  (16%)
[15:45:08] Completed 340000 out of 2000000 steps  (17%)
[16:32:17] Completed 360000 out of 2000000 steps  (18%)
[17:19:17] Completed 380000 out of 2000000 steps  (19%)
[18:06:46] Completed 400000 out of 2000000 steps  (20%)
[18:54:16] Completed 420000 out of 2000000 steps  (21%)
[19:41:26] Completed 440000 out of 2000000 steps  (22%)
[20:28:42] Completed 460000 out of 2000000 steps  (23%)
[21:15:45] Completed 480000 out of 2000000 steps  (24%)
[22:02:38] Completed 500000 out of 2000000 steps  (25%)
[22:49:57] Completed 520000 out of 2000000 steps  (26%)
[23:37:01] Completed 540000 out of 2000000 steps  (27%)
[00:23:44] Completed 560000 out of 2000000 steps  (28%)
[01:10:58] Completed 580000 out of 2000000 steps  (29%)
[01:58:46] Completed 600000 out of 2000000 steps  (30%)
[02:46:32] Completed 620000 out of 2000000 steps  (31%)
[03:34:00] Completed 640000 out of 2000000 steps  (32%)
[04:21:16] Completed 660000 out of 2000000 steps  (33%)
[05:09:04] Completed 680000 out of 2000000 steps  (34%)
[05:56:39] Completed 700000 out of 2000000 steps  (35%)
[06:43:53] Completed 720000 out of 2000000 steps  (36%)
[07:30:46] Completed 740000 out of 2000000 steps  (37%)
[08:18:06] Completed 760000 out of 2000000 steps  (38%)
[09:05:37] Completed 780000 out of 2000000 steps  (39%)
[09:53:27] Completed 800000 out of 2000000 steps  (40%)
[10:41:43] Completed 820000 out of 2000000 steps  (41%)
[11:30:14] Completed 840000 out of 2000000 steps  (42%)
[12:18:57] Completed 860000 out of 2000000 steps  (43%)
[13:07:10] Completed 880000 out of 2000000 steps  (44%)
[13:55:41] Completed 900000 out of 2000000 steps  (45%)
[14:44:00] Completed 920000 out of 2000000 steps  (46%)
[15:32:55] Completed 940000 out of 2000000 steps  (47%)
[16:21:17] Completed 960000 out of 2000000 steps  (48%)
[17:09:13] Completed 980000 out of 2000000 steps  (49%)
[17:57:00] Completed 1000000 out of 2000000 steps  (50%)
[18:44:18] Completed 1020000 out of 2000000 steps  (51%)
[19:32:06] Completed 1040000 out of 2000000 steps  (52%)
[20:20:36] Completed 1060000 out of 2000000 steps  (53%)
[21:09:32] Completed 1080000 out of 2000000 steps  (54%)
[21:58:34] Completed 1100000 out of 2000000 steps  (55%)
[22:47:54] Completed 1120000 out of 2000000 steps  (56%)
[23:36:46] Completed 1140000 out of 2000000 steps  (57%)
[00:26:22] Completed 1160000 out of 2000000 steps  (58%)
[01:16:20] Completed 1180000 out of 2000000 steps  (59%)
[02:06:09] Completed 1200000 out of 2000000 steps  (60%)
[02:55:41] Completed 1220000 out of 2000000 steps  (61%)
[03:45:19] Completed 1240000 out of 2000000 steps  (62%)
[04:34:59] Completed 1260000 out of 2000000 steps  (63%)
[05:24:28] Completed 1280000 out of 2000000 steps  (64%)
[06:13:55] Completed 1300000 out of 2000000 steps  (65%)
[07:04:00] Completed 1320000 out of 2000000 steps  (66%)
[07:54:15] Completed 1340000 out of 2000000 steps  (67%)
[08:45:00] Completed 1360000 out of 2000000 steps  (68%)
[09:35:59] Completed 1380000 out of 2000000 steps  (69%)
[10:27:17] Completed 1400000 out of 2000000 steps  (70%)
[11:18:41] Completed 1420000 out of 2000000 steps  (71%)
[12:10:33] Completed 1440000 out of 2000000 steps  (72%)
[13:02:28] Completed 1460000 out of 2000000 steps  (73%)
[13:53:52] Completed 1480000 out of 2000000 steps  (74%)
[14:45:31] Completed 1500000 out of 2000000 steps  (75%)
[15:36:42] Completed 1520000 out of 2000000 steps  (76%)
[16:27:59] Completed 1540000 out of 2000000 steps  (77%)
[17:19:31] Completed 1560000 out of 2000000 steps  (78%)
[18:11:17] Completed 1580000 out of 2000000 steps  (79%)
[19:02:27] Completed 1600000 out of 2000000 steps  (80%)
[19:53:45] Completed 1620000 out of 2000000 steps  (81%)
[20:45:17] Completed 1640000 out of 2000000 steps  (82%)
[21:36:37] Completed 1660000 out of 2000000 steps  (83%)
[22:28:12] Completed 1680000 out of 2000000 steps  (84%)
[23:20:11] Completed 1700000 out of 2000000 steps  (85%)
[00:12:12] Completed 1720000 out of 2000000 steps  (86%)
[01:04:39] Completed 1740000 out of 2000000 steps  (87%)
[01:57:16] Completed 1760000 out of 2000000 steps  (88%)
[02:49:58] Completed 1780000 out of 2000000 steps  (89%)
[03:42:29] Completed 1800000 out of 2000000 steps  (90%)
[04:35:01] Completed 1820000 out of 2000000 steps  (91%)
[05:27:55] Completed 1840000 out of 2000000 steps  (92%)
[06:20:03] Completed 1860000 out of 2000000 steps  (93%)
[07:12:11] Completed 1880000 out of 2000000 steps  (94%)
[08:04:20] Completed 1900000 out of 2000000 steps  (95%)
[08:56:20] Completed 1920000 out of 2000000 steps  (96%)
[09:48:20] Completed 1940000 out of 2000000 steps  (97%)
[10:40:27] Completed 1960000 out of 2000000 steps  (98%)
[11:32:28] Completed 1980000 out of 2000000 steps  (99%)
[12:24:55] Completed 2000000 out of 2000000 steps  (100%)
[12:24:55] DynamicWrapper: Finished Work Unit: sleep=10000
[12:25:05] 
[12:25:05] Finished Work Unit:
[12:25:05] - Reading up to 687408 from "work/wudata_00.trr": Read 687408
[12:25:05] trr file hash check passed.
[12:25:05] - Reading up to 42648668 from "work/wudata_00.xtc": Read 42648668
[12:25:06] xtc file hash check passed.
[12:25:06] edr file hash check passed.
[12:25:06] logfile size: 285268
[12:25:06] Leaving Run
[12:25:07] - Writing 43623680 bytes of core data to disk...
[12:25:09]   ... Done.
[12:25:12] - Shutting down core
[12:25:12] 
[12:25:12] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FINISHED_UNIT
[12:25:13] CoreStatus = 64 (100)
[12:25:13] Unit 0 finished with 43 percent of time to deadline remaining.
[12:25:13] Updated performance fraction: 0.628460
[12:25:13] Sending work to server
[12:25:13] Project: 6701 (Run 45, Clone 13, Gen 5)


[12:25:13] + Attempting to send results [June 24 12:25:13 UTC]
[12:25:13] - Reading file work/wuresults_00.dat from core

[12:25:13]   (Read 43623680 bytes from disk)
[12:25:14] > Press "c" to connect to the server to upload results
[12:25:49] - Establishing connection
[12:25:52] Connecting to http://171.64.65.56:8080/
[12:28:21] Posted data.
[12:28:21] Initial: 0000; - Uploaded at ~285 kB/s
[12:28:21] - Averaged speed for that direction ~254 kB/s
[12:28:21] + Results successfully sent
[12:28:21] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[12:28:21] + Number of Units Completed: 332

A list of recent WUs that I have received Bonus Points for follows.
These were all run on the same Mini.
P6701 is included at the end. No Bonus Points were awarded.

Return Proj. Run Clone Gen
___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4/8 6020 0 186 75
4/11 6023 1 181 71
4/12 6023 1 136 85
4/14 6021 0 93 90
4/16 6023 1 20 87
4/18 6023 1 164 65
4/20 6050 0 178 0
4/22 6023 1 164 69
4/24 6020 0 9 126
4/26 6023 1 122 114
4/28 6023 1 51 106
5/3 6040 0 86 25
5/4 6064 0 150 0
5/8 6075 0 11 15
5/9 6056 0 38 27
5/10 6050 0 79 28
5/13 6025 1 97 104
5/18 6058 0 43 35
5/21 6062 0 81 33
5/22 6053 0 184 29
5/24 6023 0 136 141
5/26 6014 0 91 167
5/28 6014 0 61 182
6/1 6041 0 93 21
6/3 6015 0 247 88
6/4 6023 0 70 150
6/6 6023 0 26 172
6/8 6060 0 196 30
6/9 6054 1 48 19
6/11 6063 1 43 6
6/12 6051 1 102 23
6/14 6055 0 38 74
6/15 6061 0 40 71
6/17 6014 0 17 199
6/20 6701 74 9 3
6/24 6701 45 13 5

If there is any further information that you might need, I will post it here, if it is available.
I attempted to include the actual Base Points and Bonus Points received for each WU but
found that my record keeping was not that complete.