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Sir Ulli
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Topic 187421

Feb 1, 2005

We have started using a mirrored download server at the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Golm bei Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany. Hosts whose timezone offset from UTC is closer to UWM (UTC-7 hours) will continue to get data and executables from UWM. Those hosts whose offset from UTC is closer to the AEI (UTC+1 hour) will get data and executables from AEI. This should give faster and more reliable downloads for everyone. Note that if a download fails from the first server, the alternate will also be tried. Please report any problems or strange behavior to the message boards.

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

how did we know, to what Server we connecting, ore is there no Difference, but when it is nice to see to what Server i connect, if this is possible.

only for Info

Greetings from Germany NRW
Ulli
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RandyC
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News at the Frontpage

>
> how did we know, to what Server we connecting, ore is there no Difference, but
> when it is nice to see to what Server i connect, if this is possible.
>
> only for Info
>
If your UTC clock setting shows you're closer to Berlin than to Wisconsin, you will download from Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Golm bei Potsdam, near Berlin.

Otherwise, you will download from University of Wisconsin

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Sir Ulli
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my UTC clock setting shows me

my UTC clock setting shows me that i am closer to Berlin, but

who i know to what Server i connect

to what Server i am connecting that was my question, i am from Germany, and think that Berlin is closer to me :)

but who did i know to what Server i am connecting...

Greetings from Germany NRW
Ulli
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Ed and Harriet Griffith
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I think it is automatic. I am

I think it is automatic. I am glad to know that some of my numbers might come from Germany if the local server is busy. It makes me feel sophisticated!


Steffen Grunewald, for Merlin/Morgane
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Randy is almost correct when

Message 2158 in response to message 2155

Randy is almost correct when saying:
> If your UTC clock setting shows you're closer to Berlin than to Wisconsin, you
> will download from Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Golm bei Potsdam, near
> Berlin.
>
> Otherwise, you will download from University of Wisconsin

The server to be contacted first is chosen based on the time difference.
Citing Bruce: "For those hosts that have UTC offset >= -1 hour, we'll list
the AEI first. For those hosts that have UTC offets

Liberto [Valencia]
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> > > who i know to what

Message 2159 in response to message 2156

>
>
> who i know to what Server i connect
>

>

We are all pretty well taken care of, they know where our host is located, so automatically we will be directed to one or the other. They know our UTC.

Patience is a virtue

ric
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> > We are all pretty well

Message 2160 in response to message 2159

>
> We are all pretty well taken care of, they know where our host is located, so
> automatically we will be directed to one or the other. They know our UTC.

correct!

due we have (so far) only one scheduler URL, the first contact will be to the
University of Wisconsin.

Only after this initial connect, it's desciced, from where the DL will start.

I guess, in theory, when the Wisconsin part is not running (or this scheduler is not reponding) we can't use the "mirrored download server at the Albert Einstein Institute"

bjacke
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Hey, I can nearly tuch the

Hey, I can nearly tuch the new server in Golm ;-).

Greetings from Germany
Basti

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Steffen Grunewald, for Merlin/Morgane
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> Randy is almost correct

Message 2162 in response to message 2158

> Randy is almost correct when saying:
> > If your UTC clock setting shows you're closer to Berlin than to
> Wisconsin, you
> > will download from Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Golm bei Potsdam,
> near
> > Berlin.
> >
> > Otherwise, you will download from University of Wisconsin
>
> The server to be contacted first is chosen based on the time difference.
> Citing Bruce: "For those hosts that have UTC offset >= -1 hour, we'll list
> the AEI first. For those hosts that have UTC offets
>

Did I say already that I *like* this forum interface that eats everything
that looks like a HTML tag?

A preview feature would be very nice...

S.

Paul D. Buck
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> Did I say already that I

Message 2163 in response to message 2162

> Did I say already that I *like* this forum interface that eats everything
> that looks like a HTML tag?
>
> A preview feature would be very nice...

It is sort of funny when you think on it. One of the reasons for selecting MySQL was that it was "free". You would have thought that the design team would have picked something like the BBS system that is open sourced.

For my site, that was a key consideration on what to choose for implementation. I got a host that gives me several MySQL databases, I am using phpMyFAQ, phpDig (new this week, though I still have to index/try to index the FAQ) for search, and if and when there seems to be a need or a desire, a BBS ...

Ingleside
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> > It is sort of funny when

Message 2164 in response to message 2163

>
> It is sort of funny when you think on it. One of the reasons for selecting
> MySQL was that it was "free". You would have thought that the design team
> would have picked something like the BBS system that is open sourced.
>

The need for the Q/A-functionality among oher things is why a new BBS was implemented for BOINC, instead of using PHPBB or similar.

A quick look on CPDN's non-BOINC-forums shows developing their own BOINC-forum instead of relying on some other forum-software probably wasn't such a bad idea afterall...

"I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might."

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