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Thread: FAAH WU downloaded with v.short deadline |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
A couple of hours ago Boinc downloaded a FAAH WU with a deadline of 29.06.06 (06.29.06 for you US folks
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Yes, you have been deemed a Fast and Reliable System and have been given the honor of wrapping up that quorum quickly, for flag and country but no extra points.
----------------------------------------I was honored thusly a few times in the past week or so. The preempted one will resume when the rush job is complete. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 26, 2006 8:29:38 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Wow - I am honoured!! - and as that result will be complete shortly, they have indeed made a wise choice
 *Ady skips away bursting with pride* |
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Sekerob
Ace Cruncher Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Post Count: 20043 Status: Offline |
The beauty of BOINC, sort of..... it should finish the current WU, then proceed to do those, that the datamanagers are eager to close. With the HPF2 data checkpoints being so far apart, you loose with this method probably 15 minutes (my machine) to 1 hour (slow-er machine) of crunching. Adywebb's log indicates this just happened to him...the suspension of a HPF2 in favour of a FAAH.
----------------------------------------Fortunately BOINC 5.6 (posted a copy of a June 15 newsflash @ Boinc's a few days ago in one of the threads here ) will wait for the data checkpoint before rescheduling....coming up soon..... 
WCG
----------------------------------------Please help to make the Forums an enjoyable experience for All! [Edit 3 times, last edit by Sekerob at Jun 26, 2006 9:19:32 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Oh well, I'm sure I can live with 15 minutes loss of crunching every now and then
  Bionc 5.6 coming soon eh - wonder what other improvements there will be |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
With BOINC 5.4.9 they introduced the global_prefs_override.xml file which allows having some of your preferences in your BOINC directory. I like that because it's easier to edit preferences and it allows more profiles. Perhaps in 5.6 we'll see the ability to keep all the preferences on your disk rather than just a subset.
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