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Tools for monitoring the system as a whole.
</font>
<ul>
<li> <a href=stripchart.txt>Stripcharts: a tool for viewing time-varying data </a>
<li> <a href=stripchart.html>Stripcharts: a tool for viewing time-varying data </a>
<li> <a href=stripchart_data.html>Recording data for Stripcharts</a>
</ul>

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<p>
The BOINC storage model is based on <b>files</b>.
The inputs and outputs of applications,
and the applications executables, are files.
and the application executables, are files.
<p>
The BOINC core client transfers files to and from <b>data servers</b>
operated by the project, using HTTP.

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<li> The estimated resource requirements of the work unit
(computation, memory, disk space).
<li> A <b>delay bound</b>: upper bound on how long
an instance of this work unit should take to complete.
This limits what hosts the workunit is sent to,
a result associated with this work unit should take to complete.
This determines which hosts the workunit can be sent to,
and it's used to assign result deadlines and
times for retrying results.
</ul>
<p>
The inputs to a workunit are described by an XML document of the form
<pre>
[ &lt;file_info&gt;...&lt;/file_info&gt; ]
[ &lt;file_info>...&lt;/file_info> ]
[ ... ]
&lt;workunit&gt;
&lt;app_name&gt;blah&lt;/app_name&gt;
[ &lt;command_line&gt;-flags xyz&lt;/command_line&gt; ]
[ &lt;env_vars&gt;name=val&amp;name=val&lt;/env_vars&gt; ]
[ &lt;file_ref&gt;...&lt;/file_ref&gt; ]
&lt;workunit>
[ &lt;command_line>-flags xyz&lt;/command_line> ]
[ &lt;env_vars>name=val&amp;name=val&lt;/env_vars> ]
[ &lt;file_ref>...&lt;/file_ref> ]
[ ... ]
&lt;workunit&gt;
&lt;/workunit>
</pre>
The components are:
<ul>
<li> The <b>&lt;command_line&gt;</b> element, if present, is the
<li> The <b>&lt;command_line></b> element, if present, is the
command-line arguments to be passed to the main program.
<li> The <b>&lt;env_vars&gt;</b> element, if present, is a list of
<li> The <b>&lt;env_vars></b> element, if present, is a list of
environment variables to be passed to the main program.
<li> Each <b>&lt;file_ref&gt;</b> element describes a <a
<li> Each <b>&lt;file_ref></b> element describes a <a
href="files.html">reference</a> to an input file, each of which is
described by a <b>&lt;file_info&gt;</b> element.
described by a <b>&lt;file_info></b> element.
</ul>
<p>
A workunit is associated with an application, not with a particular

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<<<<<<< todo
user PHP session mechanism
protection mechanism for project admin web
=======
use PHP session mechanism instead of our own cookies
use https for login (don't sent account key or password in clear)
protect project admin web pages (htaccess)
>>>>>>> 1.6
Deadline mechanism for results
- use in result dispatching