Hello Ashjavi,
You are using the UD client. Don't worry about storage. You have authorized the WCG to use up to 0.98 GB on your hard disk, which is enough. The first thing is to set the throttle to run at 100%. By default we only run at 60% because some people are using laptops without good cooling. Download the throttle program http://worldcommunitygrid.org/files/WCGridMaxCPU.exe as explained in http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=2683#61655 and set the throttle to 100%. Then use Task Manager to be sure that some other program is not using all the computer cycles. HCMD will run at lowest priority, so any other program can interfere with it.

The progress bar will only advance at certain points, so everything might be all right. It shows a tiny amount of progress after it completes the startup, which can take a long time. Then it might not advance for several hours.

Please keep us informed about what is happening.

Lawrence

Hello Ashjavi,
First, the throttle software sets a permanent value that will always be used in the future, unless you change it.

Second, running at 50% sounds as though you have a Pentium 4 CPU, which can run 2 threads (hyperthreading). If only one thread is running, Task Manager reports 50% usage, even though a second thread would only speed up total processing by about 15% (on average. Some programs do much better.)

Third, the program will periodically write check points to a work file. When you shut down, it will restart from the last check point. Check point code has to be placed in the application program to do this, so it differs for each project: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=11332

Hope I have answered your questions - ask about anything I am not explaining clearly.
Lawrence

Hi Lawrence,

Thanks for the reply once again.As i read through your reply i was not clear what the above quote means.As you said the program will periodically write check points, so for that do i need to place check point code in the application program.I also visited the link you have given but was unable to understand what it implies.I have noticed the colour code difference on the bottom left of the screen as given in the sample image.

I am running UD agent for HCMD project and i thought it might be helpful for you to know that current progress of the task is still at 0.2%.

Regards
Ashjavi

Hi Sekerob

Thanks for the reply.Now I have got a clear idea about the checkpoint system.
I have used a tool process explorer and found that the priority of wcdgridHCMD.exe is idle(4).Also the cpu User time i have got for this process is 2:43:32.12 using the same tool.

Would that be of any help to you.Hoping to get a reply soon.

Ragards
Ashjavi

Ashjavi,

On your last post: Interesting. A segment/seed/attempt concluded by a checkpoint save has some build in time-out and if the science decided that it was getting nowhere, it will either move on to the next or abort and fetch a new job. Now tell us what points and CPU accumulated time is showing in the Agent Main Screen () ? Did it increase from before? To check that, compare with the statistics in your My Grid page. If it did, at least the processing time granted you points for the labour.

On your earlier post: Yes "Process Explorer" is great tool. How much Task Run time is was the agent showing and what % of Throttle (CPU resource) is showing in the Graphics screen (hit ) - should be 100% now - and finally, what's the actual CPU speed (use CPU-Z utility e.g.)

Added: On job abort for UD agent it's programmed to quite a job after 3 wall-clock weeks have accumulated in the Main Agent Screen or 14 CPU days (recorded internally AFAIK).