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RE: BOINC project Moo! Wrapper: database problems (August 31)
Amazing that an Admin doesn't notice that their site is down for so long!!
I've wus coming out my ears for Moo! Wrapper sitting waiting to upload.
Courtesy of @joshoeah
We have to remember that the BOINC project servers (and admins) are distributed all over the world. They have day/night cycles that do not coincide with ours, but they also have families, and holidays, and weekends, etc.
Recently the SETI@Home server was threatened by a fire. There are many things outside the control of the admin teams, and we can hardly expect them to keep an eye on the server 24/7. If you want to ensure steady work, an easy solution is to increase the backlog stored on your machines. I have at least 2 days worth of work on all my equipment.
As an interesting side note, at the conclusion of the Enigma@Home outage recently I had just over 18 thousand WUs waiting to be returned!