Hello
I did consider reinstalling the software. There were a couple of reasons why I did not do this.
Part of the reason for leaving the project was that I was tired of trying things. It was becoming an endless loop of trial and error. At some point it is time to “cut bait”.
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... 5&start=15
Joe_H said in his reply: “First you need to figure out why your machines are not completing WUs before the deadlines.” How? You will notice that Joe does not even give a hint as to where I should begin. This is really a problem for F@H to solve not me. They built the software. They are receiving all my data. At the very least the software should give a user a warning that the completion rate is low. BOINC has an event log that allows a user to see what is happening in real time. I am not aware of anything like that in the F@H software. Nobody in the F@H forum has suggested there is something similar.
My actual completion rate was 16%. Was the low completion rate from the beginning or only during the last two weeks (points drop)? Did the client request a work unit and do part of the calculation? Or, did the client complete the calculation and fail to send it to the server? This is a question I cannot answer. F@H needs to address this issue.
Joe also said the “passkey is stored on the client and matched with valid passkeys.” The passkey was there on all 4 computers. When I requested my passkey it gave me a new key. This means that the server lost my original key. This is a problem that F@H needs to fix.
https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey
You may have also noticed that one user suggested I type “cat /etc/fah-client/config.xml”. Fortunately the next user responded with “This file may contain an existing pass key and may contain other security sensitive info which you should not post here.” It goes to show that getting help on a forum comes with risk. I suspect this person thought I was on version 7 of the software.
The main reason for leaving the project was the way they assign work units. I would like to get the most bang for my dollar by picking the top 5 – 10 projects. My electricity bill increased by $50 in December. As a “donor” I should have a say in the type of projects.
If you sort the list found here:
https://apps.foldingathome.org/psummary by work units you will see that projects have a base credit ranging from 1,000 to 255,850. Is project “18425” 255 times more valuable than project “17111”? I counted 194 projects. If they limited the number of projects to 30 or 40 they would certainly get them done in less time.
Maybe in the future I will consider running the software on a PC or two. F@H needs to get beyond the Beta version of the client and give Donors the option of picking projects before I try again.
Good luck. You folks are getting some amazing numbers.
