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Thread: Choices for disk space in device profile |
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Former Member
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When I was setting up the "hard drive space to allocate" in my device profile, the choices didn't look right. I was offered the option of 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 MB or 1 to 10 GB. I wished for some middle ground -- 100, 200, 400, 600, 800 MB.
Why is there such a gap in selection sizes? Is it a bug or are the "hundreds of megabytes" choices irrelevant? I chose 90 MB since I couldn't offer a gigabyte. Will this affect my ability to accept work units? I'm a few percent into a protien folding work unit. The WordCommunitiyGrid directory plus sub-dirs is 13 MB (7MB for the executable). Thanks! |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
There's no need for that degree of detail. The space picker was a generic part of the UD interface. The current projects only use a small amount of diskspace. Go ahead and ask for 10 Gb for the greatest amount of points you can get. If you don't have that much free space available, it will cut back on its own after it does a benchmark test.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Hello StandingBy,
The wording is misleading. Instead of 'allocating' disk space, you are really stating how much space on your hard drive is the maximum that you are authorizing the World Community Grid to allocate. The WCG only allocates what it needs (within the limits that you set), which will only exceed 100 MB if you download a lot of work units. |
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