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Preempted work unit still in memory on BOINC 5.8.3 for Windows

I'm running BOINC 5.8.3 for Windows on Windows XP with "leave preempted in memory" set to no. I noticed that a faah work unit that was preempted by an HPF2 beta unit is sitting in memory. Is this a problem with the 5.8.3 beta code or something about the way the FAAH work unit is setup/coded?
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Re: Preempted work unit still in memory on BOINC 5.8.3 for Windows

jgoldsti, Any notes on the BOINC dev forum on this version 5.8.3? Certainly not seen on 5.8.2., but that said, i do use the 'keep in memory' as 'waiting to run (resume)' will cause significant time loss if the checkpoint moment was not used before switching project. When that's a solid and confirmed feature - and since u use it u could tell us - I might start using the 'do not keep..... ' It certainly would reduce memory pressures in a situation where running e.g. HDC.

Because it involves a HPF2 testing, suggest u bring it up in the Beta forum too.

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Added: Just read 5.8.4 is out fixing the MD5 broken download issue with FCG1 work.
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Re: Preempted work unit still in memory on BOINC 5.8.3 for Windows

jgoldsti,

Seeing u asked the same question at BOINC dev, the reply was that non-check pointed work units, on pre-empting would be kept in memory, regardless if the 'keep in memory' was switched off. A good protection against loss of crunch time and progress, but a burden on those with lower ram in the machine. Win some, loose some.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=1288&nowrap=true#7563
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