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Former Member
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BOINC seems to determine on its own how many tasks to download once the current task is approaching its completion. Is there a way to configure it so that it downloads several tasks at once? The purpose is to put these tasks on another PC that does not have internet connection and cannot get the new tasks once it completes the job.
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Former Member
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Depends on which tasks and how many days you put to contact the servers....for example I have something like 20 DDT queued to run on this machine....
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Former Member
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Thanks, Scribe. Could you please elaborate because I am not sure which settings you are referring to.
Depends on which tasks and how many days you put to contact the servers....for example I have something like 20 DDT queued to run on this machine.... |
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Former Member
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Go to My Grid, Device Manager, Device profiles...."Connect to network about every..." (set to 3 days....)
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Former Member
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Thanks. In the meantime I found the 'Additional Work Buffer' setting, increased it to 3 as well and got one extra job. I'll play with both settings to get the optimal result.
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Sekerob
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Hi amelumad,
----------------------------------------our Scribe is still on version 5.2.13 so had not discovered the "Additional Buffer" option  This AB option is better as the default 0.1 days connect ensures that completed work is returned sooner and buffer is being kept filled. The connect every 3 days will mostly not fetch work until more is needed and the algorithm will actually include so much safety factor that 3 days are not being send to the client.cheers
WCG
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Former Member
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...I am on 5.10.20....
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Former Member
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Thanks. In the meantime I found the 'Additional Work Buffer' setting, increased it to 3 as well and got one extra job. I'll play with both settings to get the optimal result. ....remember that 'things' do not happen immediately....it takes time |
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JmBoullier
Former Community Advisor Normandy - France Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Post Count: 3715 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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....remember that 'things' do not happen immediately....it takes time Yes, the server will watch how your client reacts and will send more and more WUs along with receiving your results. That may take several days before your queue reaches its maximum. Cheers. Jean. |
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