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Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3319 Credit: 520,321,559 RAC: 20,790 |
I'm still having a problem on two of my three machines (ID: 518375 and ID: 518536). I have to keep hitting "update" every hour to get any new WU's and even then I only receive 5 or 6 which I burn right through. My global settings are all for 5 days + 1. Are you using a cc_config file? If so they changed the name of the workunits and until you change your file it won't work! |
Send message Joined: 29 Oct 10 Posts: 89 Credit: 39,246,947 RAC: 0 |
I'm still having a problem on two of my three machines (ID: 518375 and ID: 518536). I have to keep hitting "update" every hour to get any new WU's and even then I only receive 5 or 6 which I burn right through. My global settings are all for 5 days + 1. Mikey, I'm using the stock cc_config but there's no mention of apps. Don't you mean the app_config? Here's what I'm using for the machines. <app_config> <app> <name>milkyway</name> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>.05</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> <app> <name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</name> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>.2</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>.2</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> </app_config> Thanks for any help you can provide. Regards, Steve |
Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3319 Credit: 520,321,559 RAC: 20,790 |
I'm still having a problem on two of my three machines (ID: 518375 and ID: 518536). I have to keep hitting "update" every hour to get any new WU's and even then I only receive 5 or 6 which I burn right through. My global settings are all for 5 days + 1. You are using an app_config file, not a cc_config file, your list above shows that. But actually since you are getting some files then nothing is wrong with what you have, your problem, now that I reread it, is a lack of enough units, not lack of any units. And that I have no idea about, I just checked your pc's and all but one have a small cache of units on them. |
Send message Joined: 29 Oct 10 Posts: 89 Credit: 39,246,947 RAC: 0 |
[/quote] You are using an app_config file, not a cc_config file, your list above shows that. But actually since you are getting some files then nothing is wrong with what you have, your problem, now that I reread it, is a lack of enough units, not lack of any units. And that I have no idea about, I just checked your pc's and all but one have a small cache of units on them.[/quote] Mikey, That's it exactly. Although, now when I checked on startup this morning, the machine that was light now has a larger cache of WU's. Hopefully, it will increase further. Regards, Steve |
Send message Joined: 29 Oct 10 Posts: 89 Credit: 39,246,947 RAC: 0 |
Well, II'm still having the problem in varying degees on all of my machines. Now on machine ID: 518884, when I hit "update" it says "no work sent, don't need it" even though I don't have any WU's at all. On machine ID: 518375, I'm getting the same message even though I have only 1 task. And on machine ID: 518536, I'm back to getting only a couple of tasks at a time, even though I only have about 7 in the cache. In all cases, if I don't hit "update", they just sit on my machine until I do. The only solution (and it's a temporary one at that) is to run down the cache, delete everything MilkyWay in the Boinc and Projects directories, re-start the service, re-start the client and hit "synchonize" (with BAM). That seems to get me a good fill but then things start to run down over time again. Since Seti, Cosmology, and Einstein aren't having this problem, I don't think it's a BOINC problem. I don't even have a clue as to what to try next. Am I the only person still having this problem? Regards, Steve |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 12 Posts: 31 Credit: 40,781,945 RAC: 0 |
I believe what you are seeing is the following: 1) The Milkway applications only allow a small number of tasks in progress. 2) Often a request for new tasks results in a no tasks available message. 3) The scheduler always tries to keep the cache full on the client. As a result, when no tasks are available, the scheduler will fill the queue with tasks from the other projects, hence the don't need any message. On my systems this always results in Milkway getting swamped out by the other projects. My solution is to run each project solo. Einstein and Seti used to run fairly well together but, as the GPU apps have matured, even that is getting more complicated. One app seems to get preference over the other when running more than 1x. Just some observations from my systems. |
Send message Joined: 29 Oct 10 Posts: 89 Credit: 39,246,947 RAC: 0 |
I believe what you are seeing is the following: Gary, Thanks for your insights. It sounds like this will only get worse as projects add more GPU apps. It also sounds as if this is something that can only be fixed by the people at BOINC Central or MW Central, probably on the server side. It kind of sounds like we're beyond app_config.xml tweaks. I had been thinking about adding a second graphics card to the machine with the Fermi 550TI but I'm now questioning if I should waste the money on what will be an underutilized card. Thanks again for the feedback. Regards, Steve |
Send message Joined: 15 Jul 09 Posts: 12 Credit: 45,145,989 RAC: 0 |
I'm still having a problem on two of my three machines (ID: 518375 and ID: 518536). I have to keep hitting "update" every hour to get any new WU's and even then I only receive 5 or 6 which I burn right through. My global settings are all for 5 days + 1. If it hasn't been suggested, try changing your cache settings to 5 days + max additional work buffer 0.01 . That way it will ask for work more often. |
Send message Joined: 29 Oct 10 Posts: 89 Credit: 39,246,947 RAC: 0 |
I'm still having a problem on two of my three machines (ID: 518375 and ID: 518536). I have to keep hitting "update" every hour to get any new WU's and even then I only receive 5 or 6 which I burn right through. My global settings are all for 5 days + 1. Bif, Thanks, my settings have been 5 days + 1 day. They just seem to be ignored. I'll try changing that second setting and see if it helps. Regards, Steve |
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