Undeleted completed work units
16 Sep 2014 16:29:52 UTC
Topic 197722
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I've found my /var/lib/boinc-client/projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu directory is 4.8GB full, and most of the space is taken up by files called l1*S6Directed and h1*S6Directed, each of about 5MB, dating back to Sept 4.
I assume I can just delete these files? I regard it as a bug that I should have to do so.
Undeleted completed work units
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Don't just delete them - you may get them back again, at some pain to your bandwidth.
Search for and read some of Gary Roberts' explanations of 'locality scheduling': Einstein distributes those big files once, and you reuse them again and again. That's the theory, anyway, though we're in a difficult 'wrap up' phase at the end of a run, just at the moment.
RE: I've found my
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In addition the project should delete these on it's own when it sends you new ones, with new data in them, to replace your current ones.