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Former Member
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I'm starting to think that BOINC is relying on my machine too much... I keep getting assigned projects with extremely short deadlines (around 2 days), especially for the Clean Energy Project. I'm not too concerned about the other projects because their batches usually run in 4-5 hours on my machine, but the Clean Energy Project batches take roughly 35 hours or so to complete even though it claims it will only take 12 hours or so.
----------------------------------------Also, are results still accepted even if they're a bit past the deadline? It seems like some of them are, but I'm not sure how deadlines work in BOINC. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 25, 2008 7:13:54 AM] |
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bieberj
Senior Cruncher United States Joined: Dec 2, 2004 Post Count: 406 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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The WCG team is well aware of this issue. They have yet to figure out how much work a task will be, if they knew how much work it would be they can either give an accurate estimate for your computer or if it is going to take a while, break it up into a batch of smaller jobs.
The WCG team is watching carefully and are often generous with credits when deadlines are missed due to large jobs. So keep on crunching. The WCG team will have it fixed in due time - they have a lot on their plate right now. |
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Former Member
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Hello aeridus,
The deadline is a scheduling aid. If you return the work unit after the deadline and the server is still waiting for a quorum, it will use your result. It is just not guaranteed that the server will still be waiting. Lawrence |
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Former Member
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Okay, good to hear. :) I'll just keep crunching as much as I can. I'm so glad my new comptuer is quiet, I can sleep while it runs as it makes no noise.
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l_mckeon
Senior Cruncher Joined: Oct 20, 2007 Post Count: 439 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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The WCG team is well aware of this issue. They have yet to figure out how much work a task will be, if they knew how much work it would be they can either give an accurate estimate for your computer or if it is going to take a while, break it up into a batch of smaller jobs. The WCG team is watching carefully and are often generous with credits when deadlines are missed due to large jobs. So keep on crunching. The WCG team will have it fixed in due time - they have a lot on their plate right now. Hmm. But why do they set such short deadlines in the first place, knowing that most of their tasks have a long run time? My current task has a 24.5 hour run time with a completion deadline of around 2.5 days. I think a 4 day deadline would have been more reasonable (the WU is marked "high priority". |
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albertwyy
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The WCG team is well aware of this issue. They have yet to figure out how much work a task will be, if they knew how much work it would be they can either give an accurate estimate for your computer or if it is going to take a while, break it up into a batch of smaller jobs. The WCG team is watching carefully and are often generous with credits when deadlines are missed due to large jobs. So keep on crunching. The WCG team will have it fixed in due time - they have a lot on their plate right now. Hmm. But why do they set such short deadlines in the first place, knowing that most of their tasks have a long run time? My current task has a 24.5 hour run time with a completion deadline of around 2.5 days. I think a 4 day deadline would have been more reasonable (the WU is marked "high priority". Those are probably the rush tasks. |
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Toby Broom
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I agree with albertwyy, I have a Dual Xeon system, this get alot of short deadline workunits, but's it's on 24/7, alway's on the net and pritty quick 2.5Ghz.
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