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R.West
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Computing per day-of-week
Hello,

I run a small cluster of devices that I configure via the 'Device Profiles' page in 'Settings' on worldcommunitygrid.org. Now I'd like to make a configuration that I can't seem to find either within the 'Device Profiles' page or in the BOINC client itself.

I like to set the max CPU load on a different value, depending on the time-of-day and day-of-week.

Weekdays
06:00 - 22:00: 55% CPU load
22:00 - 06:00: 90% CPU load

Weekend
00:00 - 00:00: 90% CPU load

I hope someone can shed some light on the best way to enter these values in the BOINC settings.

Thank you.
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Re: Computing per day-of-week
In BOINC manager, under Tools, computing preferences, processor tab
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Re: Computing per day-of-week
I don't seem to have that option. 'Computing Preferences' sits under 'Options' in my client, and I only have these tabs:

- Computing
- Network
- Disk and memory
- Daily schedules

I run BOINC Manager 7.6.31 on Linux Mint, which seems to be the latest version in the repository.
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Re: Computing per day-of-week
I see Daily Schedule too for when you want to crunch but you can not set a percentage of the CPU load based on time...

Workaround suggestion: Get two copies of the global_prefs.xml (/var/lib/boinc-client.xml). One for 50% and one for 90% cpu load. Update the XML files based on cronjobs you set. Restart boinc-client so new XML file is loaded and used.
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Re: Computing per day-of-week
You could just replace in place using sed - just a snippet of code below from my cron job that changes the allowable CPU utilization (according to CPU temp) to give you the idea...

... snipped
         boinc_file="$BOINCHOME/global_prefs_override.xml"
... snipped
         if [ $current_boinc_util -ge $util_upper_limit ]; then
            echo "We need to reduce cpu utilization - currently above max_upper_limit..."
            new_boinc_util=$(( $current_boinc_util - $change_value ))".000000"
            sed -i "s/$current_boinc_util_full/$new_boinc_util/g" $boinc_file # --silent
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