Posts by ZOC999

1) Message boards : Number crunching : And if we DONT run a "FASTER" App.? (Message 6013) Posted 7 Nov 2008 by ZOC999 Post: I REALLY hope that they come up with an longer cycle work unit (say something that runs for 1 to 2 hours) while keeping up the work unit production volume and existing cache rules. That would reduce the amount of manual forcing to get work that I've found I need to engage in. Good point, and I agree. Currently, I check my MW PC a few times per day (and sometimes have to do the manual forcing you mention) due to the 20 WU limit and the short nature of those units. It would be more convenient if the WUs were longer (at least for optimized machines) or if more were permitted for optimized machines. In my experience, the current arrangement isn't as bad (for me) as others have discussed, but it could be somewhat better as you describe, which would move it from "fine" to "great" for me. In my previous post, I just wanted to mention that things aren't as bad for all crunchers as some posts might indicate <g> and that things are really OK in some cases. But, as your suggestion shows, there's room to go from "OK" to "superior" in the future.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : And if we DONT run a "FASTER" App.? (Message 6005) Posted 7 Nov 2008 by ZOC999 Post: I'm happy with the new, optimized app (on my Windows and Linux machines). It makes sense to me to have one that isn't wasting lots of time in the middle of loops and such. The current credit arrangement for the faster/optimized app works well for me. Before the changes, I BOINCed both machines 24 hours every day. I still do, though the MilkyWay percentage has increased some. So, the amount of science being done on my computers has significantly increased (due both to the new MW app running many more WU per hour and to the changed apportionment of hours per machine). I still run all seven BOINC apps that I ran before: it's just that MilkyWay's time portion has increased somewhat. Well done, MilkyWay team and app optimizers!