Posts by DoctorNow
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Questions/Problems/Bugs :
RAM, runtime and credits
(Message 1818)
Posted 13 Dec 2017 by  DoctorNow
Post: We won't change the credit system since it is related to the difficulty of the number you're sieving. Well, this is not really logical to me. How do you define difficulty? If a 14e task needs twice as longer as an 16e the processor had to calculate more, so that was rather difficult than - but due to the fixed credits it gets punished the longer a tasks needs... On a side note, I just have 14e tasks which need almost 900 MB RAM (!) and are "only" at 28% with 1h 20 min. Talk about difficulty here... |
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Message boards :
Questions/Problems/Bugs :
RAM, runtime and credits
(Message 1814)
Posted 12 Dec 2017 by DoctorNow
Post: Hello! Since quite some days all 14e-tasks I get do need more RAM than stated in the settings, some almost need 700 MB per task! This gave me a bit of trouble on one of my hosts (with an AMD FX 8320) in the last two days since another program also had heavy RAM usage and my 16 GB memory was almost full, resulting in an endless harddisk access storm and a slowed down system... I suggest you update the requirements for this if it's going to go permanently over 500 MB per task! Also, since I crunched all three types of WUs in the last time and observed how they were doing I have a question about it: Why are credits given so inconsequently? 14e runtimes can vary from around 6000 to 10000 secs (currently), but give only 36 credits (regardless of runtime). 15e runtimes can vary from around 4000 to 6000 secs and give 44 credits. 16e runtimes can vary from around 5000 to 7000 secs and give 130 credits. These runtimes are taken from my two hosts (AMD FX 8350 and AMD FX 8320). It's strange to me that the 8350, which is faster than the 8320, sometimes needs longer to complete a task than the 8320, although I did simultaneously crunched only one of the apps. Given the above mentioned varied runtimes it surely would more benefit the users when CreditNew would come to use here than this fixed credit system, especially on 14e you get way too less credits on long tasks! |
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No 16e V5 WUs?
(Message 1279)
Posted 10 Feb 2014 by DoctorNow
Post: Me 2, isn't a big problem. ;-) Just wanna know if there will be a Windows app nevertheless. |
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Questions/Problems/Bugs :
No 16e V5 WUs?
(Message 1277)
Posted 10 Feb 2014 by DoctorNow
Post: Oops, sorry, missed that... didn't take a look at the apps page. Maybe the server messages should give a better hint for this like: 16e Lattice Sieve V5 is only available for Linux Anyway, are there plans to make a Windows app available for V5? |
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Questions/Problems/Bugs :
No 16e V5 WUs?
(Message 1275)
Posted 10 Feb 2014 by DoctorNow
Post: Hi! I'm curious about what I get on messages on my BOINC manager: 10.02.2014 16:03:08 | NFS@Home | Requesting new tasks for CPU 10.02.2014 16:03:11 | NFS@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 10.02.2014 16:03:11 | NFS@Home | No tasks sent 10.02.2014 16:03:11 | NFS@Home | No tasks are available for 16e Lattice Sieve V5 Though the server status says: 16e Lattice Sieve V5 50,031 (unsent) I explicitly have this app selected for test purposes now but don't get any WU of it. What is wrong here? |
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Badges?
(Message 1173)
Posted 27 Jul 2013 by DoctorNow
Post: Looks like David decided in the end to not make it a standard BOINC feature, which is unfortunate since it now requires a custom project solution. Well, I guess making it a standard is not that easy because badges are highly customized anyway on all the projects which have badges. |
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Questions/Problems/Bugs :
Badges?
(Message 1104)
Posted 9 Apr 2013 by DoctorNow
Post: Are there any plans for badges? Such a nice project here with so much subprojects deserves to have badges. I wonder why no one brought this up yet. ;-) |