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281 lines
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XML export: don't subdivide into files
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anonymous platform mechanism
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(would let people run BOINC on platforms not registered on server)
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- allow <anonymous_platform> element in sched req
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req includes list of app_versions
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- add mechanism to core client for adding app_versions
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port graphics API to X
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CLI core interface:
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--show slotnum or --show all
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document update_versions
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reject spamming clients w/o DB lookup
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message window is slightly scrolled
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Don't render graphics if minimized
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add executable approval to win GUI
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add a mechanism for server to send messages to client, shown in graphics
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use "external app" mechanism (Karl)?
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DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO HERE. USE THE TASKBASE INSTEAD.
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encrypt IDs in URLs (e.g. host)
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Use GlobalMemoryStatusEx when possible on Windows
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Take p_ncpus into account when assigned work to a host
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File upload handler should check for disk full,
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return transient error, alert admins
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If there are no active tasks, should start downloading
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only the files for a particular result (avoid idle CPU)
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Scheduler: don't send results whose deadlines will be missed.
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This must take into account:
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- pending work on host
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- speed of host
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- active fraction of host
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- network speed of host
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- results already in reply
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Web site:
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show mean, stddev of stats of active hosts
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show max potential cobblestones (and percentage achieved)
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Web site:
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show table of size, MD5 of all executable files
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break down by platform
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Each RPC should contain a list of projects the host is attached to,
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and their resource shares
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Add field to user for the above list
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Show above info on the web site
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Implement coprocessor stuff (see platform.html)
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add platform_details field to client state file
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pass it in to every app
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app can modify it if it wants
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send back platform_details field with RPC
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store in host table (and in result? make new host if it changes?)
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add disk_avail field to host
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send in RPC
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use this in scheduling
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Make sure "update prefs" works even if suspended
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In GUI, show "suspended" on tasks and transfers if suspended
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Clarify once and for all messages and other logs on Windows;
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policy for truncating log files?
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BUGS (arranged from high to low priority)
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- reset/quit
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- Resetting project should delete old project files
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HIGH-PRIORITY (should do for beta test)
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HTTP stuff
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test HTTP redirect mechanism for all types of ops
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finish SOCKS implementation, test
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use HTTP 1.1
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test w/ Apache 2.x
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THINGS TO TEST (preferably with test scripts)
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server stuff
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implement server watchdogs
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Add project w/ bad URL or account ID should report error
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test this on Win, UNIX
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backend stuff
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- result reissue
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(timeout_check should eventually create new results)
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- WU failure: too many errors
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- WU failure: too many good results
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- credit is granted even if result arrives very late
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- shared memory and CPU time measurement, with and without the BOINC API
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- ensure cpu time doesn't reset if app is killed rather than quitting
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- CPU accounting in the presence of checkpoint/restart
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Platform-specific stuff
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- timezone on all platforms
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- make get_local_ip_addr() work in all cases
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per-WU limits
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abort result if any file exceeds max_nbytes
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max disk
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max CPU
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max VM size
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abort app if excess memory used
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Windows screensaver functionality
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idle-only behavior without screensaver - test
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MEDIUM-PRIORITY (should do before public release)
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add an RPC to verify an account ID (returns DB ID for user)
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needed for multi-project stats sites
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implement a "fetch prefs" command (regular RPC w/o work request)
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all RPCs should return a "user-specific project URL"
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to be used in GUI (might refer to user page)
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in GUI, project name should hyperlink to a project-specified URL
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(typically user page for that project)
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let user choose language files in installation process
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write general language file manipulation functions
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use https to secure login pages, do we care about authenticator
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being transmitted without encryption from the client?
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write docs for project management
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how to start/stop server complex
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what needs to be backed up and how
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account creation: show privacy/usage policies
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decide what to do with invalid result files in upload directory
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think about sh_fopen related functionality in BOINC client
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Implement FIFO mechanism in scheduler for results that can't be sent
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user profiles on web (borrow logic from SETI@home)
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Devise system for porting applications
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password-protected web-based interface for
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uploading app versions and adding them to DB
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XXX should do this manually since need to sign
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Add 2-D waterfall display to Astropulse
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Deadline mechanism for results
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- use in result dispatching
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- use in file uploading (decide what to upload next)
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- use in deciding when to make scheduler RPC (done already?)
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Testing framework
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better mechanisms to model server/client/communication failure
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better mechanisms to simulate large load
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do client/server on separate hosts?
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CPU benchmarking
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review CPU benchmarks - do they do what we want?
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what to do when tests show hardware problem?
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How should we weight factors for credit?
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run CPU tests unobtrusively, periodically
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check that on/conn/active fracs are maintained correctly
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check that bandwidth is measured correctly
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measure disk/mem size on all platforms
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get timezone to work
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Redundancy checking and validation
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test the validation mechanism
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make sure credit is granted correctly
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make sure average, total credit maintained correctly for user, host
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Scheduler
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Should dispatch results based on deadline?
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test that scheduler estimates WU completion time correctly
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test that scheduler sends right amount of work
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test that client estimates remaining work correctly,
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requests correct # of seconds
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test that hi/low water mark system works
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test that scheduler sends only feasible WUs
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Scheduler RPC
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formalize notion of "permanent failure" (e.g. can't download file)
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report perm failures to scheduler, record in DB
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make sure RPC backoff is done for any perm failure
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(in general, should never make back-to-back RPCs to a project)
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make sure that client eventually reloads master URL
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Application graphics
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finish design, implementation, doc, testing
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size, frame rate, whether to generate
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Work generation
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generation of upload signature is very slow
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Add batch features to ops web
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The Windows installer sometimes leave boinc.# files in the BOINC
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directory. This is likely due to the installer not being able to
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delete the old boinc.dll file
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If a client connects to the scheduling server using default prefs,
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use the stored user prefs for determining how much work to send
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get preferences works, but is slightly confusing - you have to go to
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projects, right click on "get preferences", and then exit/restart boinc
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before I get to see my new pretty underwater colors.
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"suspend" seems to suspend, but after restart the CPU time jumped up
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by a significant amount. This is because Windows 9x uses GetTickCount
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for CPU time.
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"Retry transfers now" feature, especially for dialup users
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LONG-TERM IDEAS AND PROJECTS
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CPU benchmarking
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This should be done by a pseudo-application
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rather than by the core client.
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This would eliminate the GUI-starvation problem,
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and would make it possible to have architecture-specific
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benchmarking programs (e.g. for graphics coprocessor)
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or project-specific programs.
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investigate binary diff mechanism for updating persistent files
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verify support for > 4 GB files everywhere
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Local scheduling
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more intelligent decision about when/what to work on
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- monitor VM situation, run small-footprint programs
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even if user active
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- monitor network usage, do net xfers if network idle
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even if user active
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The following would require client to accept connections:
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- clients can act as proxy scheduling server
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- exiting client can pass work to another client
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- client can transfer files to other clients
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User/host "reputation"
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keep track of % results bad, %results claimed > 2x granted credit
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both per-host and per-user.
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Make these visible to project, to that user (only)
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Storage validation
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periodic rehash of persistent files;
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compare results between hosts
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WU/result sequence mechanism
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design/implement/document
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Multiple application files
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document, test
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Versioning
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think through issues involved in:
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compatibility of core client and scheduling server
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compatibility of core client and data server
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compatibility of core client and app version
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compatibility of core client and client state file?
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Need version numbers for protocols/interfaces?
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What messages to show user? Project?
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Persistent files
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test
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design/implement test reporting, retrieval mechanisms
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(do this using WU/results with null application?)
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NET_XFER_SET
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review logic; prevent one stream for starving others
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