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Thread: My tasks reset to 0% every day. Why? |
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niyar
Cruncher Joined: Mar 18, 2015 Post Count: 12 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Over the past two weeks, I noticed that my work task completion percentages reset to 0% every day, even though they are supposed to simply resume where I left off the previous day. I am running version 7.14.2 (x86) on a Windows 10 laptop. Any ideas to help? Thank you!
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Which projects are you running? ARP?
---------------------------------------- - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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niyar
Cruncher Joined: Mar 18, 2015 Post Count: 12 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I'm running the Microbiome Immunity Project now (these are the only tasks that I have been given for the past month or two). This problem only started in the past few weeks. Thanks.
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Strange. Those tasks checkpoint fairly frequently.
----------------------------------------Can you open BOINC in Advanced View (View-Advanced view), go to tasks, click on one of the affected tasks and select properties and check how much time it says on "CPU Time" and "CPU Time since checkpoint". Please also post elapsed time. - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Also please post the event log lines (In Advanced View - Tools - Event Log)
----------------------------------------- AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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niyar
Cruncher Joined: Mar 18, 2015 Post Count: 12 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thanks. Here is the post from the "Advanced View (View-Advanced view), go to tasks":
Application Microbiome Immunity Project 7.16 Name MIP1_00286685_7562 State Suspended - time of day Received 2020-03-29 8:31:38 PM Report deadline 2020-04-08 8:31:37 PM Estimated computation size 20,905 GFLOPs CPU time --- CPU time since checkpoint --- Elapsed time --- Estimated time remaining 03:16:26 Fraction done 0.000% Virtual memory size 149.30 MB Working set size 40.11 MB Directory slots/2 Executable wcgrid_mip1_rosetta_7.16_windows_intelx86 And here are the event log lines, which only start from when I turned on my computer this morning: 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.14.2 for windows_intelx86 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, task_debug, work_fetch_debug 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2o zlib/1.2.8 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Running under account User 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | No usable GPUs found 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Host name: Hyim 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5] 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes nx lm vmx smx tm2 pbe 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.18362.00) 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Memory: 3.86 GB physical, 8.36 GB virtual 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Disk: 231.49 GB total, 136.94 GB free 2020-03-31 10:44:13 AM | | Local time is UTC -4 hours 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 3795745; resource share 100 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 24-Feb-2019 14:03:20) 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | World Community Grid | Host location: none 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | World Community Grid | General prefs: using your defaults 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | | Reading preferences override file 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | | Preferences: 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | | max memory usage when active: 2767.36 MB 2020-03-31 10:44:14 AM | | max memory usage when idle: 2767.36 MB 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | max disk usage: 10.00 GB 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | max CPUs used: 3 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 80% 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Prefs update 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Startup 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | Setting up project and slot directories 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | Checking active tasks 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | Setting up GUI RPC socket 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | Checking presence of 153 project files 2020-03-31 10:44:16 AM | | Suspending computation - time of day |
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Former Member
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Totally unfamiliar with this log line
----------------------------------------"Setting up project and slot directories" Somehow does not bode well. Edit: The answer might be hiding in this post https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=288878 talking about RPC permissions and ports, and essential piece for BOINC to operate. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Mar 31, 2020 4:41:51 PM] |
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supdood
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Aug 6, 2015 Post Count: 333 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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How long is the computer on for each day?
----------------------------------------Do you actively use it for other work or is it a dedicated cruncher? Do you have "Leave non-GPU tasks in memory when suspended" checked? I would guess that you simply aren't getting to checkpoints. I believe that MIP checkpoints are based on the WU and will vary, so you may have a set where the initial checkpoint is very long. If you are interrupting the computations before getting to the checkpoint, when you begin the next day there will be no checkpoint to resume from. |
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niyar
Cruncher Joined: Mar 18, 2015 Post Count: 12 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I use the computer most of the day, but I only have this program running in the evening (when electricity rates are lower). This has been the case for years, though. When I shut the computer each night, some of my tasks are at 20% and some are at 80%, but they all reset to 0% the next day.
And yes, I have always had the "Leave non-GPU tasks in memory when suspended" checked. Somehow, the problems I am experiencing have only begun in the past month, though I haven't changed anything on my computer. Perhaps the newest Windows 10 update messed things up somehow? |
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supdood
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Aug 6, 2015 Post Count: 333 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Yes, it sounds like it is a checkpoint problem (i.e., you aren't making it to the first MIP checkpoint). To confirm this hypothesis, check the task properties before you shut off tonight.
----------------------------------------Look for: (example from a task I have running now) CPU time 00:07:07 CPU time since checkpoint 00:07:07 The CPU time since checkpoint is the critical feature for you before you close for the night. If you haven't hit any checkpoints, the CPU and CPU time since checkpoint will be the same. |
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