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#21 Post by rebirther » 13.06.2010, 06:56

Tolu has increased the credit rate for FAMOUS tasks. This will be applied the next time the credit script runs.
Wurde rückwirkend für alle FAMOUS Modelle angepasst, die neue Version ist jetzt auch verfügbar.
FAMOUS v.6.10 MILLENNIUM models

Available on all platforms.

You may need to select it in the climateprediction.net preferences of your account.

FAMOUS takes about 9 days crunching 24/7 on a fairly fast computer.

200 model years.

These 200-year segments form part of models lasting 1600 years. After completion the segments are stitched together.

The first 200 years, 599 - 799, are a spinup or settling-down period which allows climatic conditions to stabilise.

The deadline for these models is three months which is much shorter than for other model types. This is because CPDN needs the results back as quickly as possible to stitch the segments together.

Files are uploaded every five model years ie 20 files in total.

Trickles are uploaded every model year ie 200 trickles.

As v.6.10 processes more slowly than the previous CPDN version, credits have been increased to maintain parity with other CPDN models. (If you crunched the earlier version models you will also receive the increased credits for them.)

At the moment CPDN FAMOUS displays the traditional graphics as for other model types. New graphics are being developed in conjunction with Sony Labs in Paris but are still being beta-tested. They will be released on CPDN in a future FAMOUS version.

Each FAMOUS task web page, reached from our computer's task list in our account, displays new interactive graphs. They include clickable red dots for volcanic eruptions. Here is a historical list of Large Volcanic Eruptions.
The graphs display in most browsers but not in Internet Explorer 7 (Windows). You can upgrade to IE 8 at no cost. If you have XP please upgrade to IE 8 in case you are not able to when Windows support for XP stops soon.

Some FAMOUS models crash, typically with exit code 22 and messages including 'INVALID THETA' or 'NEGATIVE PRESSURE', because of instabilities that develop with some combinations of parameter values. Please do not restore backups of models and rerun them after model instability crashes. On the same platform with the same operating system the models would crash again at the same point. (Reminder: if your models crash with other exit codes eg -186 or -226 you should post on the forum for advice.)

If your multicore computer is also running other model types you may still wish to make backups to help ensure completion of the other models.

FAMOUS does not use enormous amounts of memory. Most multicore computers should be able to load all cores with FAMOUS and run them simultaneously. (Reminder: on a multicore computer with 4 or more cores don't fully load with HadAM3P as they will slow each other down, in a few cases disastrously.)

A future FAMOUS version is expected to be hyperthreaded.

You can read about the Millennium Experiment led by Dr Hiro Yamazaki at Oxford University here. Here is the website of The Millennium Project which is pan-European and multidisciplinary.

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#22 Post by rebirther » 01.09.2010, 18:57

Unfortunately, I had to run the database archive scripts yesterday. One possible outcome of this is that your credit value may end up not being what you think it should be.

If your credit doesn't look right, please post here and let me know the details. I will also need to know where you've been keeping track of it, e.g. by looking at your work page here or on a BOINC stats site.

EDIT: I now have sufficient information to have an idea of the cause.
Wer eine Reduktion der Credits aufgrund des Updates feststellt (sollten wohl alle sein) dann Zahlen hier posten.

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#23 Post by rebirther » 17.12.2013, 15:53

rabi wrote:- new model HADCM3L (if the model runs correct)
can any one give me more info??
You can use our boinccalculator program to find out more infos about this model or what do you need specially?

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