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Thread: Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together Phase 2 Beta Type A Dec 16 2009 |
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uplinger
Former World Community Grid Tech Joined: May 23, 2005 Post Count: 3952 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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X-Files 27, And any other member with the erlc_a041_ps0000 work unit
Please press update on your agent. This work unit will abort when you press the update button on your agent. Please do not abort the work unit using the abort button on the agent, only press the update button for the project. :) I was able to get the full output of the work unit from another member and I'm sending this to the researchers to see what they notice. But if the estimates are correct and the file sizes for the result.out take place, then the work units will error due to size constraints. Thanks, -Uplinger |
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Rickjb
Veteran Cruncher Australia Joined: Sep 17, 2006 Post Count: 666 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Someone please collect and post the maximum physical and virtual memory requirements for these WUs.
X-files posted 390MB physical/660MB virtual for his troublesome WU, but I have nothing else to guide me on whether I can run them, allowing for 4 at a time on my quads. 2 of these currently have 2MB physical memory, and the other 2 only 1MB each. 4x390MB would fit into 2MB without a lot of headroom, but definitely not in 1MB, and 390MB is probably not the maximum to be encountered. 3 or 4MB would be better. As for virtual memory, I think the 2 machines running faithful 8.4MB drives from my attic would also be a bit squeezed. To all, my compliments of the season and wishes for happy crunching throughout 2010  |
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KodeX
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Aug 17, 2006 Post Count: 92 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi I got two Beta WUs.
----------------------------------------One from the early batch: erlc_ a007_ ps0000_ 0-- and one for a late batch: BETA_ erlc_ a210_ ps0000_ 1-- For the early one without the Beta prefix (erlc_ a007_ ps0000_ 0--) the screensaver is working. I see the molecule spinning on the left and I see the DDDT map on the right. For the late batch WU (BETA_ erlc_ a210_ ps0000_ 1--) the screensaver is not working. All I see is a blank screensaver without the molecule/map like uplinger has posted as example in this forum (https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/...read_thread,28159#260864). I guess Screensaver is no big issue at the moment but I thought it is a good idea to tell you that it is working sometimes and sometimes not. -edit- Both WUs are running on the same machine. So it is the same soft- and hardware. [Edit 2 times, last edit by KodeX at Dec 18, 2009 7:45:30 AM] |
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Mathilde2006
Senior Cruncher Germany Joined: Sep 30, 2006 Post Count: 269 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Someone please collect and post the maximum physical and virtual memory requirements for these WUs. At my Win98-Box -512 MB RAM- (single CPU without HT  ) the Beta has wanted 798 (?)MB RAM. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Mathilde2006 at Dec 18, 2009 8:02:50 AM] |
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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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2 of these currently have 2MB physical memory, and the other 2 only 1MB each. 4x390MB would fit into 2MB without a lot of headroom, but definitely not in 1MB,] Rick, nothing will run in your machines: even HCMD2 needs 5-6 MB of RAM!   Well assuming you meant GB I think the 2-GB machines should run them quietly, but for the 1-GB machine 4 concurrent DDDT2 might be a little too much, although the beta which is currently running in my quad uses only 200.88 MB of RAM (under Ubuntu 64). The total VM size for this WU is currently 543.8 MB. As far as I could see the RAM number is quite stable at this value since the beginning 21+ hours ago. For the VM size I am not too sure because I usually don't pay much attention to this number. Thanks for your greetings and same to you. Jean. |
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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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I guess Screensaver is no big issue at the moment but I thought it is a good idea to tell you that it is working sometimes and sometimes not. The first betas have been generated a little bit in a hurry (hence the lack of BETA in their name), so probably Uplinger has also forgotten to disable the pictures in the graphics. Since this project is a phase 2 the need for secrecy is much lower than for a brand new project, which explains it.Cheers. Jean. |
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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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At my Win98-Box -512 MB RAM- (single CPU without HT ) the Beta has wanted 798 (?)MB RAM.If the HW has the same age as the operating system you would have been in trouble to return this beta within its deadline anyway... Cheers. Jean. |
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Mathilde2006
Senior Cruncher Germany Joined: Sep 30, 2006 Post Count: 269 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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At my Win98-Box -512 MB RAM- (single CPU without HT ) the Beta has wanted 798 (?)MB RAM.If the HW has the same age as the operating system you would have been in trouble to return this beta within its deadline anyway... Cheers. Jean. It's a little bit newer- so 2,5 Ghz should made it within 10 days My first Beta-WUs will return in the next two hours. (Quad 2,66 Ghz, 8GB RAM, Win 7 Pro) But maybe I should upgrade anyway: http://helmer.sfe.se (check also Helmer II and III ) |
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gb077492
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Post Count: 96 Status: Offline |
I had 3 WUs on a machine which is "8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz [EM64T Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6]". They all finished after 32-33 hours. The original estimates were 80-81 hours, so rather high, but other than that everything looks fine. All 3 now pending validation.
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Sekerob
Ace Cruncher Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Post Count: 20043 Status: Offline |
Estimated run times, particularly at the very beginning (of a task and project) are a function of estimated fpops set by hand in the task header and the current DCF. As a project runs, the fpops get dynamically adjusted to the averages of returned work, for work going out subsequently. These 32-33 hours is considerable lower than the 50-55 hours estimated as average.
----------------------------------------Further, if I were the tech leading this, I'd intentionally set the value high, simply to prevent clients taking too much on a work call, and trouble arriving if indeed they'd be running so long or longer as we've seen in previous beta's.
WCG
----------------------------------------Please help to make the Forums an enjoyable experience for All! [Edit 1 times, last edit by Sekerob at Dec 18, 2009 12:12:28 PM] |
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