kimben777 wrote:What is the deal with the 171.67.108.52 server showing no or very low wu's since Thursday morning? How long does it take to fill it back up with wu's?
Every time somebody successfully completes a WU, a new WU is generated so anybody who returns a WU for Core_17 and is assigned a WU for Core_15 is helping to fill the server until the point that it turns non-blue and starts assigning again. Thus a server can alternate between having enough WUs to assign them and not having enough. That process is automatic (i.e.-works unattended).
A separate issue is whether science NEEDS more WUs. FAH does not assign "busy work" but insists that assignments are actually needed by science, so no answer can be given that doesn't consider the science.
At some point every project reaches the stage where they have "enough" completed WUs to draw the necessary scientific conclusions and the project is ended and at that point, no new WUs will be added. [You and I have no way of knowing when that's about to happen.}
On the other hand, a project may need a lot more WUs to be completed and they can be added by the PI -- after digesting the completed WUs (and perhaps moving data off-line) to make room for newly generated WUs. [In that case, your question is a good one!] I don't have a good answer, but I do know it does take a fair amount of processing time and a certain amount of manual work.