Over the past few days I have noted that it seemingly is taking longer and longer to validate and process a job out of the Pending Queue once it has completed and reported in.

This morning I note that I have several hours of work sitting in the pending queue - things are processing through, but as slow as molasses on a cold Vermont morning.

Not a big deal because pending credits are like money in the bank, but I am curious, any known reason for the slow down? Has Rosetta reached a tipping point on server capacity?

I am guessing that the WU mix right now, with so many protein interface tasks coming in, is causing the validator to take longer due to the large number of models returned. The result files are larger then the average, and so everything on the results processing side of the house has more data to process then normal.

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Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense

I am guessing that the WU mix right now, with so many protein interface tasks coming in, is causing the validator to take longer due to the large number of models returned. The result files are larger then the average, and so everything on the results processing side of the house has more data to process then normal.

thanks, I was getting worried, as I have literally 91 wu's waiting to validate and am losing rac. I am just getting started and was really wanting to see where the rac would top out at as I dont understand how it is calculated.

RAC is really just the average number of credits you earn per day. Since the validator is behind, your credit may fall on a day later then normal, but since RAC is an average of a 14 day period (right?) it won't be a major factor.

I had some tasks I reported in this morning and they now have received credit. So it's 7 or 8 hours behind. A third of a day out of 14 days isn't dramatic... once you get the credits you have coming anyway. ...and you will.

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Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense

I am guessing that the WU mix right now, with so many protein interface tasks coming in, is causing the validator to take longer due to the large number of models returned. The result files are larger then the average, and so everything on the results processing side of the house has more data to process then normal.

thanks, I was getting worried, as I have literally 91 wu's waiting to validate and am losing rac. I am just getting started and was really wanting to see where the rac would top out at as I dont understand how it is calculated.

RAC is kid on like the speedometer on your car, it only shows the here and now not the was or will be. So it will fluctuate depending on may different thing, such as your wingman not returning their units on time and you having to wait until the next person crunches your unit, your pc being busy doing something else today but not tomorrow so few units get returned today but lots tomorrow, your internet connection is slow today but fast tomorrow, etc, etc, etc. RAC is heavily weighted in its calculations on today and less so on yesterday, the day before, etc, etc. This website might help:
http://www.boinc-wiki.info/RAC