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1) Message boards : News : New Separation Runs (Message 60402)
Posted 16 Nov 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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My HD7870 cards are not running nearly as well as a month ago. I see % utilization on the cards consistently dropping below 100%. Something in the main work algorithm is quite off. They also do not allow the cards to run in overdrive like Seti does.
2) Message boards : News : New MilkyWay Separation Modified Fit Runs (Message 60158)
Posted 17 Oct 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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When you run 4 simultaneous tasks per GPU it kind of makes more sense based on credit and time to complete:

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=517443&offset=0&show_names=0&state=4&appid=

but when you run just 1 task per gpu, I'm seeing the same discrepancy:

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=518108&offset=0&show_names=0&state=4&appid=

Different machines but both have a pair of Sapphire HD 7870's
3) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60060)
Posted 30 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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The key is to not count "Abort by User" or "Error While Computing" zero second runs toward the error count.
4) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60040)
Posted 28 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Probably the CAL driver message. Just disregard. On the main page is Statistics and under that is the GPU list. http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/gpu_list.php.
5) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60035)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Hey AMueller91,
glad you figured it out. I have not seen any benefit beyond 4 tasks per gpu. Key is no down time and the chances that 4 tasks finish at the same time is minimal.

If they are running in tandem, just pause one then start it back up. All you need for cpus is set logical cores = physical cores plus 1.
6) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60032)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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The boinc manager wont delete wu's you've already received. Watch the newly downloaded ones and see if it is working correctly.

If your computer is listed as "school" or "home" you'll have to change the acceptable apps for each class or computers you have.

7) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60024)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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First go to my account, then under MilkywayPreferences you'll see

Use CPU Enforced by version 6.10+ yes
Use ATI GPU Enforced by version 6.10+ yes
Use NVIDIA GPU Enforced by version 6.10+ yes

A few more lines down you'll see:

Run only the selected applications
MilkyWay@Home: yes
MilkyWay@Home N-Body Simulation: no
Milkyway@Home Separation: no
Milkyway@Home Separation (Modified Fit): no
8) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60013)
Posted 27 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Yes, that's right. Good point.

Here's my app_config

<app_config>
<app>
<name>milkyway_nbody</name>
<max_concurrent>0</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.1</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
<max_concurrent>8</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>.11</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</name>
<max_concurrent>8</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>.12</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

and here's my cc_config

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
</log_flags>
<options>
<ncpus>4</ncpus>
<max_file_xfers>30</max_file_xfers>
<max_file_xfers_per_project>30</max_file_xfers_per_project>
<http_transfer_timeout>30</http_transfer_timeout>
<rec_half_life_days>10</rec_half_life_days>
<report_results_immediately>0</report_results_immediately>
</options>
</cc_config>

so one gpu is running 4 WU at a time. Then no down time. Particular machine has two cpu cores but I have 4 virtual cores. Again, no cpu down time. 4 cpu wu and 4 gpu wu which is about 10% more work than letting them cycle down. Also have constant fan speeds and more stable temperatures.

Holler if any wants my 2 gpu xml files.

9) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60009)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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I also use app_config but its easiest to just do it in the preferences.
10) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60006)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Here's some major aborters:

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=104692 2900 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=529892 8800 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=322721 4300 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=520641 15000 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=529525 3400 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=366486 2800 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=485608 5000 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=484725 1600 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=452569 3700 aborts
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=532562 3400 aborts
11) Message boards : News : Users Auto-Aborting Work Units (Message 60005)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Maybe new users should have to opt into beta projects.

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/show_host_detail.php?hostid=437270 has about 5373 aborted WU's and counting.
12) Message boards : News : Separation Modified Fit v1.28 Release (Message 60000)
Posted 26 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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I agree with Conan. When there's a known fault with an app depending on execution source, the least you can do is adjust the max errors. I think I've mentioned it before but aborting by a user should not count toward errors either.

13) Message boards : News : Separation Modified Fit v1.28 Release (Message 59941)
Posted 20 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Invalids are down considerably. Thanks. I have one cpu 1.26 still showing in history. 8150 secs and about 100 secs more for the new 1.28 (cpu). Intel.
14) Message boards : News : Separation Modified Fit v1.28 Release (Message 59934)
Posted 19 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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For me, 59 invalid out of 5009 tasks. 1.1% If you increased the max errors, it would help those. 0% from 1.02.
15) Message boards : News : Separation Modified Fit v1.28 Release (Message 59930)
Posted 19 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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I notice more invalids (~1%) but noticed that every modfit for computer 119143 is erring. Makes it easier for a valid task to go invalid.
16) Message boards : News : Separation Modified Fit v1.28 Release (Message 59919)
Posted 17 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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Sorry, thanks.
17) Message boards : News : Separation Modified Fit v1.28 Release (Message 59916)
Posted 17 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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I don't run MT tasks because they don't play well with multi-gpu hosts. Best, KB
18) Message boards : News : Narrowed down the problem (Message 59874)
Posted 11 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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All is well. 50 invalid out of about 11,000 WU.
19) Message boards : News : New Separation Modified Fit Runs Started (Message 59808)
Posted 5 Sep 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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No luck either with ps_modfit_15_3s_bplwithwraptest_2. I didn't have too many validate errors.

Does not like amd 7xxx series.

Would like "abort by user" not included in error count. It should be as if it wasn't sent. Too much lost credit due to this calc.

Thanks.
20) Message boards : News : New Separation Modified Fit Runs Started (Message 59757)
Posted 30 Aug 2013 by Profile KeithBriggs
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New mod runs cause too many validation errors. Just running 1.0 and 1.02.


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