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David Anderson b169e5ab0f - server programs: print error message instead of numeric retval
in log messages

svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=22647
2010-11-08 17:51:57 +00:00
David Anderson b2451544e1 - server: change the following from per-host to per-(host, app version):
- daily quota mechanism
    - reliable mechanism (accelerated retries)
    - "trusted" mechanism (adaptive replication)
- scheduler: enforce host scale probation only for apps with
    host_scale_check set.
- validator: do scale probation on invalid results
    (need this in addition to error and timeout cases)
- feeder: update app version scales every 10 min, not 10 sec
- back-end apps: support --foo as well as -foo for options

Notes:
- If you have, say, cuda, cuda23 and cuda_fermi plan classes,
    a host will have separate quotas for each one.
    That means it could error out on 100 jobs for cuda_fermi,
    and when its quota goes to zero,
    error out on 100 jobs for cuda23, etc.
    This is intentional; there may be cases where one version
    works but not the others.
- host.error_rate and host.max_results_day are deprecated

TODO:
    - the values in the app table for limits on jobs in progress etc.
        should override rather than config.xml.

Implementation notes:
scheduler:
    process_request():
        read all host_app_versions for host at start;
        Compute "reliable" and "trusted" for each one.
        write modified records at end
    get_app_version():
        add "reliable_only" arg; if set, use only reliable versions
        skip over-quota versions
    Multi-pass scheduling: if have at least one reliable version,
        do a pass for jobs that need reliable,
        and use only reliable versions.
        Then clear best_app_versions cache.
    Score-based scheduling: for need-reliable jobs,
        it will pick the fastest version,
        then give a score bonus if that version happens to be reliable.
    When get back a successful result from client:
        increase daily quota
    When get back an error result from client:
        impose scale probation
        decrease daily quota if not aborted
Validator:
    when handling a WU, create a vector of HOST_APP_VERSION
        parallel to vector of RESULT.
        Pass it to assign_credit_set().
        Make copies of originals so we can update only modified ones
    update HOST_APP_VERSION error rates
Transitioner:
    decrease quota on timeout


svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=21181
2010-04-15 03:13:56 +00:00
David Anderson 75d2a45491 - server programs: add --help and --version cmdline options to all.
From Nils Chr. Brause.

svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=19079
2009-09-17 17:56:59 +00:00
David Anderson 8b701fc73f - scheduler: fix messed-up deadline check logic.
Old:
        1) check deadline based on wu.delay_bound
        2) in add_result_to_reply(), potentially modify wu.delay_bound,
            e.g. because of retry acceleration
        problem: reducing delay bound may cause deadline miss
    New:
        1) new function get_delay_bound_range()
            (called from wu_is_infeasible_fast())
            returns optimistic and pessimistic delay bounds.
            Retry acceleration logic is here.
        2) check deadline based on optimistic bound;
            if that fails, check based on pessimistic bound.
            Set wu.delay_bound to the one that worked.
    Notes:
    - get_delay_bound_range() needs result priority and report deadline,
        and it's called before we read the full result.
        So add these items to WORK_ITEM and WU_RESULT.
    - get_delay_bound_range() could be customized for
        project-specific deadline policy.
    - add_result_to_reply() was becoming a toxic waste dump.
        Deadline-related stuff should have been factored out in any case.

svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=18946
2009-08-31 19:35:46 +00:00
David Anderson 98cfb8d3b0 - rename .C files to .cpp so that Doxygen will work
svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=16069
2008-09-26 18:20:24 +00:00