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Message 55405 - Posted: 15 Aug 2014, 3:16:01 UTC

Because project servers go offline so often, I decided to start using the Work Buffer again. Of the 4 projects I have, only 1 project is downloading work. Granted that 2 of the projects are not working at the moment, but World Community Grid is the only project with work, and MilkyWay@home isn't even requesting work.

Is this a work buffer glitch? Both projects have the same resource share, so they should both be trying to download work, right?
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Message 55427 - Posted: 16 Aug 2014, 6:10:31 UTC

No, it will only download enough work to fill the "buffer" according to your cache settings. The resource share is not an instantaneous thing, it will get balanced out over the long term but not in the way you suggest.
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