[QUOTE=chalsall;429856]
And I think you're mis-reading the distribution map, confusing Cat 2 with Cat 3.

I think it would be really good if this was re-opened.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I was confused.

I intend to re-open the discussion. Prior to doing so, I wanted to gauge the impact on GPU-to-72.

[QUOTE=chalsall;429856]The pace of Cat 1 and Cat 2 completions is very slow from a number-of-assignments perspective.[/QUOTE]

If anyone has the data, I would like to see how many assignments are handed out /completed per day by category. If there is a steady pattern, it is probably as simple as readjusting the cat 1 & 2 pool size.

[QUOTE=axn;429871]If anyone has the data, I would like to see how many assignments are handed out /completed per day by category. If there is a steady pattern, it is probably as simple as readjusting the cat 1 & 2 pool size.[/QUOTE]

I don't have hard data, but from [URL="http://www.mersenne.ca/status/ll/0/30/3/6000"]James' report[/URL] only about 27 Cat 1s are completed a day. Thus, it's going to take about 150 days just to complete what's already in the Cat 1 range. Note that almost no Cat 2s are being assigned.

With regards to your second point, I disagree that changing the pool size(s) would help. What would be better (IMHO) is assigning more Cat 1s and Cat 2s to machines which heuristically will complete them in a timely matter but haven't "promised", and thus are currently given Cat 3s.

But let's continue this discussion over on the Milestone thread where a lot of this discussion has already taken place (or, perhaps, a new thread specifically to discuss the strategy).

[QUOTE=chalsall;429872]I don't have hard data, but from [URL="http://www.mersenne.ca/status/ll/0/30/3/6000"]James' report[/URL] only about 27 Cat 1s are completed a day. Thus, it's going to take about 150 days just to complete what's already in the Cat 1 range. Note that almost no Cat 2s are being assigned.
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Do I interpret this correctly as meaning very few people are choosing to ask for preferred assignments here:
[url]http://www.mersenne.org/thresholds/[/url]

If so I am surprised with so much chatter in the past regarding people holding up milestones by taking "for-ever" to complete assignments at the trailing edge.

I may be MORE surprised at how many of these preferred assignments expire...considering the "you must prove worthy" rules to get them in the first place.

[QUOTE=petrw1;429879]Do I interpret this correctly as meaning very few people are choosing to ask for preferred assignments here:
[url]http://www.mersenne.org/thresholds/[/url][/QUOTE]

That is correct. Just take a look at the empirical: only [URL="http://www.mersenne.org/primenet/"]906 Cat 1s[/URL] are currently assigned.

Unscheduled downage...
 

Just so everyone knows, GPU72 is currently offline. It should be back in about two hours.

Edit: Scratch that. It's back now.

Not that I'm a huge TF contributor, but a heads-up I'm retiring my [url=http://www.ebay.ca/itm/191848267263]GTX 570[/url] and [url=http://www.ebay.ca/itm/191848711671]GTX 580[/url] (both currently going for a dollar, hope that improves :smile:) and I'm going to be running my GTX 670 on [url=http://www.mersenne.ca/tf1G.php?available_assignments=1]TF >1000M[/url] for a while. I'll continue to do P-1 for GPU72, for what that's worth.

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;431687]I'll continue to do P-1 for GPU72, for what that's worth.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the heads up, and the cycles (past and future).

GPU72 saved a year of LL ... kind of
 

Total Saved by GPU72 has now reached 18.5M GhzDays.
[url]http://www.gpu72.com/reports/workers/[/url]

Total GhzDays of LL work done this year totals about 18.2M.
[url]http://www.mersenne.org/report_top_500_custom/?team_flag=0&type=1003&rank_lo=1&rank_hi=9500&start_date=&end_date=[/url]

Now I realize NOT all the work saved is LL (some is DC too) but the majority of it is LL so close enough for me to make this post.

[QUOTE=petrw1;433554]Now I realize NOT all the work saved is LL (some is DC too) but the majority of it is LL so close enough for me to make this post.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. We've done some really great work here.

Interestingly, we're still only just keeping ahead of the P-1'ers.

[QUOTE=chalsall;433566]Interestingly, we're still only just keeping ahead of the P-1'ers.[/QUOTE]

Just wait until our famous Anonymous guy, who did most of the DCTF and now switched to LLTF starts getting Assignments in P-1 ranges, then we'll be set for some time again I guess