On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:36:30 -0800, "Max Power"
<mikehack@u.washington.edu> wrote:

If 20% of SETI users on BIONIC went in to 'suspend project' mode for 1-3 
months, could the credits catch up?

Just moving over to 1 ... 3 Climate Prediction work unit(s) would probably 
allow enough spare time for all of the back end stuff to be done.

Maybe people suspending themselves from the project is what is needed at 
this point to allow for the upcoming database migration [and the proper 
granting of credits] to be accomplished.

If that were the issue then all Berkeley has to do is remove access to
ALL of us! But it is NOT the problem! During "normal" ops the
validator can keep up just fine, something is making the system do
something ALL THE TIME! Could be the back-up program that is running,
but at this point that is not a certainty. When the system is running
as it should there are no problems with the units getting created,
sent out, returned and validated. The new system that they are trying
to move the database over to should help. It is MUCH faster AND has
expandability built in. It is a dual cpu system with a couple of
gigabytes of ram, with the ability to do quad cpus and 4 gig of ram.
The old system was a dual cpu Sun 450mhz machine, the newest is a
2.4ghz machine. It is not a Sun, Sun seems to think that their systems
can keep up even though their speeds are much lower than the newer
machines on the market. Berkeley, and others, seem to think otherwise.