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To avoid this server completely remove -bigadv from your configuration. To try and get a different work unit while keeping -bigadv try deleting(rm in linux) queue.dat, unitinfo.txt, work/*.*, and machinedependent.dat from the smp folder. Thanks for the tip. Tried all that and it didn't work so I gu...

Just had a look at my logs.. Between Jan. 27th (which is as far back as my logs go) and today, I've had a total of 10724 of these errors (FILE_IO_ERROR specifically.) How can I have my client avoid this server entirely?? It doesn't seem like it ever tries another server, so this system is going enti...

Is anyone still seeing this issue?

Last incident was November 14 16:46:32 UTC.

I've started running my clients without bigadv for now. My team has several systems capable of running bigadv that are running into this issue. Though it looks like one of them is not running into this issue and is getting bigadv work units.

gwildperson wrote:Did you open any of the work files with another application or does FAHClient have exclusive use of those files? That includes things like a virus scan that might have been running or some 3rd party viewer.

No.

I've got a log file with 202 instances of the following: [10:25:28] Cleaning up work directory [10:25:28] + Attempting to get work packet [10:25:28] Passkey found [10:25:28] - Will indicate memory of 3962 MB [10:25:28] - Connecting to assignment server [10:25:28] Connecting to http://assign.stanford...

Thanks for the clarification!

Ah ha. So if it took the GPU2 reference machine 2.4 hours to complete a given work unit, said work unit would be assigned 150 points. If my system were significantly faster than the ref. machine it would score 150 points at a higher rate (ie: in less than 2.4 hours.) So are the GPU2 work units easie...

I'm not necessarily new to Folding@Home, but I'm still new to points calculations - I don't really understand them at all. From the faq I do understand that the formula is "Points = PPD * (DaysPerWU)". Wouldn't "DaysPerWu" award more points to a system that took longer to complet...