Is there something that can be done wrt WU killers?

> Noticed this with one WU I cruched.
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//task/1174364
>
> Upon further looking, one of the other hosts returned an invalid result.
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//workunit/346131
>
> However, he does seem to have amassed a fair amount of credit, and doesn't
> seem to generally be a problem with WUs validating.
>
> However, this other user, that gave no reply, seems to have been hogging a lot
> of WUs which either don't get completed, else return computation errors.
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342
>
> --------------------------
> Owner Anonymous
> Created 12 Feb 2005 19:51:22 UTC
> Total Credit 269.59
> Recent average credit 31.63
> CPU type GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz
> Number of CPUs 1
> Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1,
> (05.01.2600.00)
> Memory 255 MB
> Cache 976.56 KB
> Measured floating point speed 1242.08 million ops/sec
> Measured integer speed 3720.94 million ops/sec
> Average upload rate 5.8 KB/sec
> Average download rate 5.22 KB/sec
> Average turnaround time 5.62 days
> Results 132
> ---------------------------
>
> That looks to be an awfully low credit for 132 results. Upon further looking
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342/tasks
>
> He's pulled 10 WUs, on the 21st, about that on the 20th, and the 19th. But as
> one browses back, they begin to see
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342/tasks&offset=40
>
> 2 results completed, but then
>
> 1187034 348642 16 Feb 2005 17:47:23 UTC 17 Feb 2005 8:53:08 UTC Over Client
> error Computing 0.00 0.00 ---
> 1187030 348641 16 Feb 2005 17:47:17 UTC 17 Feb 2005 8:18:17 UTC Over Client
> error Computing 0.00 0.00 ---
> 1187026 348640 16 Feb 2005 17:47:10 UTC 17 Feb 2005 6:52:27 UTC Over Client
> error Computing 0.00 0.00 ---
>
>
> About a page more that haven't timed out yet (will he get all these WUs
> complete and returned, or will they time out?) and then
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342/tasks&offset=60
>
> 1174500 346160 15 Feb 2005 9:30:59 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:59 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174496 346159 15 Feb 2005 9:30:52 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:52 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174488 346157 15 Feb 2005 9:30:46 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:46 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174484 346156 15 Feb 2005 9:30:40 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:40 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174480 346155 15 Feb 2005 9:30:39 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:39 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174476 346154 15 Feb 2005 9:30:33 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:33 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174472 346153 15 Feb 2005 9:30:32 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:32 UTC In Progress
> Unknown New --- --- ---
> 1174468 346152 15 Feb 2005 9:30:28 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:28 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174464 346151 15 Feb 2005 9:30:26 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:26 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174460 346150 15 Feb 2005 9:30:22 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:22 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174456 346149 15 Feb 2005 9:30:20 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:20 UTC In Progress
> Unknown New --- --- ---
> 1174448 346147 15 Feb 2005 9:30:14 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:30:14 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174369 346133 15 Feb 2005 9:05:19 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:05:19 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174365 346132 15 Feb 2005 9:05:13 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:05:13 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174361 346131 15 Feb 2005 9:05:07 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:05:07 UTC In Progress
> Unknown New --- --- ---
> 1174357 346130 15 Feb 2005 9:05:01 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:05:01 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174353 346129 15 Feb 2005 9:04:55 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:04:55 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
> 1174348 346128 15 Feb 2005 9:04:49 UTC 22 Feb 2005 9:04:49 UTC Over No reply
> New 0.00 --- ---
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342/tasks&offset=80
>
> An entire page of "no reply, over". And yet another
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342/tasks&offset=100
>
> And the final page, has 1 WU completed at the bottom
>
> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//host/15342/tasks&offset=120
>
> Alternatively, whoever this computer belongs too (don't know who anonymous
> is), will you look at your WU cache settings and set it back to soemthing more
> reasonable, or do something to correct this for your fellow crunchers? thx

I will eventually try and modify the scheduler to send less work to machines that don't generate successful results...

Bruce