Dan Oetting wrote:
>I estimated that the saved.state file represents an average of 32*10^9
>iterations or about 4 weeks of crunching.
The value of the saved state file rises from nil, for a new one, to
about PARAL/2 points, after a week or two (depending on the speed of
the machine). This corresponds to about 22*10^9 iterations i.e., a
little lower than your estimate.
>I decided to restore the old saved.state on the assumption that after
>I finish repeating the lost work the subsequent found points I find
>will be more valuable [...]
Yep, that was the right decision.
Bye,
Rob.
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