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Thread: why send me WU that are too big ? |
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The-Rotaractor
Cruncher UK Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Post Count: 6 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have installed boinc on my dads computer and run WCG on it but it is always sent clean energy work to do, these WU are so big that he never completes them in time and in fact a result has never been returned and he does not show up on my device list aas he has no returned results, so I have the catch 22 situation. Until he can get a WU returned (and he won't leave the PC running just for WCG) I can't control what work he is sent by applying my "work" profile to his device (my work profile is setup for rarely used or low performance PC's like my work PC).
Would it not make sense that if a device has not been returning results on time to start sending it simpler and smaller project work ? I mean I don't want to be funny but you are just shooting yourselves in the feet, you have a device that never completes on time yet you keep sending it the longest projects to work on. Unlike other boinc projects you actually have the alternative to adapt work to a PC's capability, so why don't you, I am opted in on all projects |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
You have 4 profiles available, DEfault, home, work and school so set one of them to HCC which are just over an hour long.....
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Dark Angel
Veteran Cruncher Australia Joined: Nov 11, 2005 Post Count: 728 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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They're just over an hour on a Q6600 or equivalent, just under an hour on a E7400, about an hour 40 mins on an Opteron 185 or equivalent and about a week long on a Pentium Pro 200 (yes, I did return one). The exact time varies a lot between machines. It is, however, the best choice for a slow machine and the lightest on overall resources.
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KWSN - A Shrubbery
Master Cruncher Joined: Jan 8, 2006 Post Count: 1585 Status: Offline |
First, CEP2 is an opt-in project. You must specifically request work units from this science in order to receive them. That addresses the "shooting themselves in the foot". So, simply move that machine to a profile that does not allow CEP2.
----------------------------------------As for projects to run on slower machines, the absolute best right now is HCMD2 because the work units will halt after 6 or 12 hours if they are not completed. However, this science will be finishing soon. HCC or C4CW are your next rational choices as they have shorter average run times. As Dark Angel said this time can vary dramatically depending on your hardware. My reasonably new i7 laptop still takes in excess of 4 hours to complete an HCC.  Distributed computing volunteer since September 27, 2000 |
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Former Member
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My reasonably new i7 laptop still takes in excess of 4 hours to complete an HCC. ....strange, my very old Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 7] (4 processors) takes an hour and a half......  |
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KWSN - A Shrubbery
Master Cruncher Joined: Jan 8, 2006 Post Count: 1585 Status: Offline |
My reasonably new i7 laptop still takes in excess of 4 hours to complete an HCC. ....strange, my very old Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 7] (4 processors) takes an hour and a half...... Not strange at all. First HT extends the time by at least a third; second, laptops use mobile processors which are typically slower clock speeds. The point is, HCC work units don't always finish in under two hours. Distributed computing volunteer since September 27, 2000 |
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Dark Angel
Veteran Cruncher Australia Joined: Nov 11, 2005 Post Count: 728 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I wouldn't be surprised if BOINC is also running at the stock 60% utilisation and/or the machine is throttling the CPU because it's in the "idle" state. Either way, it's definitely capable of more but being a notebook the question becomes, do you really WANT it running at full heat all the time?
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