Donors should not manipulate the Assignment Server (AS) logic to unfairly obtain a specific Work Unit (WU) project and/or block any specific WUs (for points enhancement). (Sources: PG Member, Super Moderator)
Donors should not delete/dump a WU for any reason other than mentioned below (source: PG Member). Deleting WUs disrupts the project since it takes longer for WUs to pass their deadline, get reassigned, and finally completed. Deleting a WU solely for PPD advantage is prohibited. The permitted reasons for deleting/dumping WUs are:
WU Instability -> When this happens, please report it in this Forum
FAH Client instability -> If this happens, please report it in the appropriate FAH Client Forum
Inability of the host system to complete the WU before the Deadline -> If it happens, please visit this thread or this guide to reconfigure your FAH Client to better fits your computing needs. (Source: Site Admin)
Donors should not use flags/switches to mislead the Assignment Server (AS). Please refrain from “experimenting” with flags/switches designed to be used for very specific purposes. (Source: PG Member)
Donors should not use any means to force the FAH Client to download a WU that is not natively designed for the hardware on which the client runs. (Sources: PG Member, PG Member)
Running a FAH Client on hardware that will only marginally meet the WU’s Timeout is strongly discouraged. For example, it is not recommended to run bigadv (BA) work units on slower systems or systems with less than 24 cores and it is not recommended to run SMP work units on slower 2-core systems. If you notice your hardware is not going to complete the assigned WU by the Deadline time, stop the client, delete the work unit, and please visit this guide to reconfigure your FAH Client to better fits your needs.
Donors should not intentionally stop/pause the FAH Client to manipulate the completion time or wuresult upload time of work units.
