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squaregoldfish
Cruncher Joined: Dec 18, 2005 Post Count: 8 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Didn't make any difference - still 11-12 hour run times with one WU running. No idea what's happening.
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Jim1348
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 13, 2009 Post Count: 1066 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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On MCM 7.41, I am seeing 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 12 minutes on an i7-4771 running on 6 out of 8 cores (Win7 64-bit).
In your BOINC preferences, be sure you have "Use at most % CPU time" set to 100.00%. |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7844 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Didn't make any difference - still 11-12 hour run times with one WU running. No idea what's happening. Please post a log as that might help. Also post the OS and system specs along with a snapshot of task manager if you are running Windows. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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Tech57
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On my desktop (Windows 10 64bit, i5 9400) there is no difference. On my laptop (also Windows 10 64bit, i5 5200u), WU takes up to 3 days to complete. Usually it only takes no more than 6 hours to complete a task.
Here are two log files from WUs from my laptop the one with very long runtime: <core_client_version>7.16.5</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <stderr_txt> Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt Settings File DateOfDesign = 20200218 Designer = Krembil/cubes WorkOrderID = 0163147_0700 DatasetID = sarc1 RSeed = 28190701 StartingGeneSignatureAlgorithm = randomFixedLengthSearch SearchAlgorithmNumberToCreate = 12071 RunPermutationAlgorithm = 0 FitnessFn = 0 NumberOfGenesInStartingSignature = 20 NumberOfGenesInSignatureMin = 20 NumberOfGenesInSignatureMax = 20 SearchAlgorithmNumberToCreate = 12071 MinFitness = 0.497 VMethod = NFCV NFolds = 20 SvmArgs = "-v 0 -t 0 -c 1000" SvmLearnLimit = 250000 [05:47:19] Initializing [05:47:47] Running [05:47:48] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [16:19:25] Initializing [16:21:43] Running [16:21:46] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [08:25:57] Initializing [08:28:52] Running [08:28:53] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [11:23:10] Initializing [11:23:50] Running [11:23:51] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [14:23:09] Initializing [14:23:45] Running [14:23:46] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [09:46:00] Initializing [09:47:25] Running [09:47:28] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [12:47:57] Initializing [12:48:38] Running [12:48:39] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163147_0700.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt [13:12:24] Initializing [13:13:45] Running [13:13:56] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 12071 [18:56:16] Writing final output [18:56:16] Closing Output Stream [18:56:16] Cleaning up Result.out = 17720.000000 Run complete, CPU time: 267957.612500 18:56:18 (8008): called boinc_finish(0) </stderr_txt> ]]> The "normal" one <core_client_version>7.16.5</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <stderr_txt> Commandline = projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.41_windows_x86_64 -SettingsFile MCM1_0163342_1840.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt Settings File DateOfDesign = 20200218 Designer = Krembil/cubes WorkOrderID = 0163342_1840 DatasetID = sarc1 RSeed = 30141841 StartingGeneSignatureAlgorithm = randomFixedLengthSearch SearchAlgorithmNumberToCreate = 12071 RunPermutationAlgorithm = 0 FitnessFn = 0 NumberOfGenesInStartingSignature = 20 NumberOfGenesInSignatureMin = 20 NumberOfGenesInSignatureMax = 20 SearchAlgorithmNumberToCreate = 34506 PositiveClasses = 5 6 MinFitness = 0.785 VMethod = LOO SvmArgs = "-v 0 -t 0 -c 1" SvmLearnLimit = 250000 [16:02:29] Initializing [16:03:05] Running [16:03:09] EvaluateFitnessOfStartingGeneSignatures 34506 [20:15:23] Writing final output [20:15:23] Closing Output Stream [20:15:23] Cleaning up Result.out = 21180.000000 Run complete, CPU time: 14519.562500 20:15:24 (26536): called boinc_finish(0) </stderr_txt> ]]> |
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Speedy51
Veteran Cruncher New Zealand Joined: Nov 4, 2005 Post Count: 1326 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Mike, I agree with what you are saying about hibernation in regards to save time. One downside I have noticed with hibernation is if there is any vibration from heavy traffic on the road my computer will turn itself back on and wake me up as it is in my room. For this reason I personally do not use this option
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ca05065
Senior Cruncher Joined: Dec 4, 2007 Post Count: 328 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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After I have hibernated my PC, I switch it off at the power socket. It cannot wake up without power. However I do have to be careful not to shake the table when standing up or drop my spectacles on the keyboard before turning off the mains power.
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Former Member
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There's no progress being made on my end, i installed BOINC on Sunday to start using it but i've no success with World Community Grid, it managed to start the Covid 19 task but ultimately failed anyway after it did gain some progress, but i've noticed with other Projects there's a lag between your progress and how long it says it will take to do, i dunno if it depends on how many Resources you give it but the time estimation isn't exactly correct i've been hitting update every so often just to make it correct itself which won't happen straight away either. I understand WCG they got some sort of software and are Beta testing it but looks like they got some errors to work through.
----------------------------------------On my new Gaming Laptop i'm giving projects 35% CPU and 40% memory so i can just run it while using the it (except for when i want to play a game) so i run on lower resources but it still gets things done on a decent time frame and i only allow 1 day of work with no additional work so then i only get given 1 more task after one is completed and sent, if i plan to start work for another Project then i'll tell it not to give me any more for one of the Projects in the BOINC Manager then switch over to another i had suspended. Universe@Home is great for small tasks but i would honestly keep your tasks to doing 2 at a time, you could still give it most of your resources if you want while you sleep but i would set it so it only gives you 1 day of work so it doesn't give you multiple tasks, you'll also get more done that way too since your resources are only shared between 2 tasks. But it seems some things need fixing at the moment, just hit update every so often for now otherwise if you don't your Tasks may have completed 1 hour to several hours ago without you knowing. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Jul 15, 2020 4:37:44 AM] |
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Former Member
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By default BOINC also pauses when the computer is used and then waits N minutes before resuming, so you need to tick the "While the computer is in use" box in the computing preferences or in the website device profile (if you have not already done that).
Additionally, you might want to tick "Leave application in memory while suspended" aka "Leave non-GPU tasks in memory while suspended". If you don't every time BOINC is paused, the application unloads and on resume restarts from the last checkpoint, which may explain the lack of progress. |
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Yankiwi
Cruncher New Zealand Joined: Oct 24, 2019 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere; if so, please steer me in the right direction.
---------------------------------------- I, too, am experiencing very long run times (days) but I don't think it's my server: 2x10 core CPUs on an Intel S2600 platform: 40 threads. All WUs are MCM1 7.14 and BOINC Tasks shows several overdue by up to six days, with cores idling at single digit %s. Seems like they're hung; they're certainly not clearing as I would expect. No problems with other projects. Any advice here? Others with the same issue? Cheers  |
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Yankiwi
Cruncher New Zealand Joined: Oct 24, 2019 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Correction: Run times up to six days; WUs overdue by up to two days.
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