Ernie, I agree, it is my fault, I did not pay attention to run my jobs in
a better way (not affected by network disruptions).
But, may be we need a better computer for blast05?!
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Nikolas Meitanis wrote:
> Hello Ernie,
> perhaps the rest of us have accepted the ontological characteristics of the
> network with fatalistic complacency
> (and periodic trips to our mental consultants). I have certainly experienced
> such problems as Tavi intimated. In fact, in recent days
> (last month, maybe more), a rather frequent unapologetic "freezing" has
> become particularly aggravating. I suspect others connecting from MIT have
> experienced similar meltdowns.
> n
>
> Ernie Bisson, MIT Bates Linear Accelerator wrote:
>
>>> I have lost my data continuously in the last month!
>>> I use former Baris' computer (spinspin) to log in to my bud (bud07).
>>> One run takes in average three days (I use only my bud, due to some
>>> settings to my env.). Last Saturday I was on shift, my data was lost, I
>>> started it again, now, Monday: both runs:
>>>
>>> Read from remote host blast05: Connection reset by peer
>>> Connection to blast05 closed.
>>> <spinspin.lns.mit.edu:103>
>>>
>>> Since this was impossible to do it from UNH, it looks like it is
>>> impossible to do it from Bates also! Normally I loose my histograms, thus
>>> I have started printing all the data in order to be able to reproduce it
>>> later, but this doesn't work either! Do I have to use a special computer
>>> to stay connected?!
>>>
>>
>> Tavi,
>>
>> Your most recent problems (Saturday and Monday) probably occured because of
>> problems we were having with the network switch blast05 is connected to. I
>> don't know if there had been problems with this switch before the last
>> serveral
>> days. It's been replaced now, so that should no longer be a cause. To
>> diagnose
>> problems you had earlier in the month I would need to know dates and times.
>> I've been unaware that you (or anyone else) had been periodically losing
>> their connections. The log files on blast05 indicate others my have as
>> well,
>> but you have been the first to complain. In the future, please bring such
>> problems to my attention more promptly.
>>
>> Regardless, you should run your jobs in such a way that network disruptions
>> do to cause them to terminate. I asked Chris Crawford to E-mail you about
>> the best ways to do this in conjuction with data analysis.
>>
>> Ernie
>>
>>
>
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