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Old woman(mann, sorry) · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject: Curious SETI

SETI has given me a task that will take 271 hours to process.
Isn't that a bit unusual?
It's way beyond what they usually send me.
I've had to stop all other shrubbing until I'm sure of completion ( I was given 29 days).
It also begs a few questions:
how do they calculate how long it will take? ( I have an Athlon 2000 (1667mhz) ) do they know that? ( I don't mind their knowing, I'm just curious).
If not, is it a generalization of modern computer speeds?
Ok, two questions.
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Idan · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject:

271 hours? ha! That's a short one... Rolling Eyes

I just encountered a WU that needs 450 hours to crunch (http://www.kwsnforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12946)

I bet it's an astro pulse work unit, isn't it? Laughing

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Sir Papa Smurph · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject:

I had one come benchmarked at 510 hours. It finished in about 85 hours
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Adam Alexander · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject:

I've noticed on some projects that when you initially download WU's the estimates are very high, but improve as you do more work units. This has happened with projects like SHA-1 where the WU's are consistent in size. The SETI AP WU's are all over the place. I got one yesterday that projected 49 hours and thought that was bad, but the same machine is crunching a CPDN WU that is a measly 400 hours or so.

I'd like to know how they estimate that, too.
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Killerrabbit · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:13 am Post subject:

It is most likely a Astropulse WU, they tend to be a bit longer than the regular SETI WUs.

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Old woman(mann, sorry) · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:23 am Post subject:

It is an astropulse.
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Old woman(mann, sorry) · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject: A shrub too far?

So far it has had 112:04 hours of time from an AMD2000 (1667Mhz).
Time left is 286:32, which is 27.2% ???
Doesn't compute does it?
So what gives?
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Sir Papa Smurph · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject:

You can and probably should dl an Optimized client.

http://lunatics.kwsn.net/

You will need to register to Dl and you need to find the correct client and follow the directions. use Cpuz to determine the abilities of your chip

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

I can't get one as I forgot my Password and Simon has not emailed me a new one yet.... #ni-1

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Idan · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:43 am Post subject:

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KWSN glidersaur · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

You can set up a simple proportion. I have an AP WU that originally was benchmarked at 212 estimated hours to completion. To date, I have 95 hours CPU time on this WU, which is about 85% complete. You set up the following equation: 95:85::X:100. It reads, "95 is to 85 percent as X is to 100 percent. Multiply the 95 by 100 and divide the result by 85 which yields 111, which is the total number of hours to complete the WU. That means I have about 111 hours minus 95 hours or 16 hours left to complete the WU. I am chipping away at it, at about 1.5 hours per day now, so I can focus on SHA-1 work units for the PotM. I should complete the SETI AP WU by the due date of March 15th. I may have to add an hour or two at the end, but it will come out pretty close. Hope this helps.
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Adam Alexander · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:14 am Post subject: Re: A shrub too far?

Idan · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:43 am Post subject:

You know you guys can uncheck the box for getting AP WUs at the SETI@Home prefences in your account right? Rolling Eyes

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