slow processing of work units

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bigfellani5 Send message Joined: 26 Jul 01 Posts: 5 Credit: 662,142 RAC: 0	Message 25910 - Posted: 13 Sep 2004, 14:42:06 UTC Why does it take 24 hours to process a work unit when the program says it only takes. 7 hours. I have nothing else running. ID: 25910 ·
Paul D. Buck Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jul 00 Posts: 3898 Credit: 1,158,042 RAC: 0	Message 25912 - Posted: 13 Sep 2004, 14:45:16 UTC - in response to Message 25910.   > Why does it take 24 hours to process a work unit when the program says it only > takes. 7 hours. I have nothing else running. I don't know, before you can get help with a question like that you have to tell us a little bit about your system. Maybe take a snapshot of the work tab too ... <p> Click Me! ID: 25912 ·
Petit Soleil Send message Joined: 17 Feb 03 Posts: 1497 Credit: 70,934 RAC: 0	Message 25915 - Posted: 13 Sep 2004, 14:55:44 UTC - in response to Message 25910.   > Why does it take 24 hours to process a work unit when the program says it only > takes. 7 hours. I have nothing else running. > Celeron processor ??? If yes then it's "normal" because many others running on Celeron have reported that problem. ID: 25915 ·
StokeyBob Send message Joined: 31 Aug 03 Posts: 848 Credit: 2,218,691 RAC: 0	Message 25942 - Posted: 13 Sep 2004, 16:27:02 UTC If you are watching the graphics try turning that off. My first work unit on the old SETI took several hours extra because I was using the screen saver. ID: 25942 ·
John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 26171 - Posted: 14 Sep 2004, 1:27:55 UTC If your L2 cache size is less than 512Kb and > 0Kb, you can expect the WUs to take longer than advertised (by up to a factor of 6). If you are watching the wrong tab in the GUI, there is some exra load which can slow processing. The worst tabs are the disk usage and the Work Unit tabs. On slow machines it is possible for these tabs to take more time than crunching the WU. ID: 26171 ·

 
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