Another setting instead of Additional work buffer

Questions and Answers : Wish list : Another setting instead of Additional work buffer

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JohnDK Send message Joined: 28 May 00 Posts: 781 Credit: 21,212,339 RAC: 26,067	Message 893122 - Posted: 9 May 2009, 19:19:56 UTC
	What I do when the CUDA completion time is way out is to change the <flops></flops> number in the app_info.xml file. When I started my flops was 3.000.000.000, but since BOINC keeps recalculate the completion time I now have it set to 10.000.000.000 flops after I have changed it several times. The finishing time isn't that important I think, problem is that the additional work buffer setting gets affected. I've always wondered why when a CPU WU finishes and BOINC recalculate the completion time, it also changes the GPU completion time, same when a GPU WU finishes, it changes the CPU completion time, what's the idea with that? Anyway, I would like an option of either stopping BOINC recalculating the completion time when I want or an option where instead of the additional work buffer I can say who many of each different WUs I want in the cache.
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 440,201 RAC: 100	Message 893125 - Posted: 9 May 2009, 19:30:22 UTC - in response to Message 893122.
	What I do when the CUDA completion time is way out is to change the <flops></flops> number in the app_info.xml file. When I started my flops was 3.000.000.000, but since BOINC keeps recalculate the completion time I now have it set to 10.000.000.000 flops after I have changed it several times. The finishing time isn't that important I think, problem is that the additional work buffer setting gets affected. I've always wondered why when a CPU WU finishes and BOINC recalculate the completion time, it also changes the GPU completion time, same when a GPU WU finishes, it changes the CPU completion time, what's the idea with that? Anyway, I would like an option of either stopping BOINC recalculating the completion time when I want or an option where instead of the additional work buffer I can say who many of each different WUs I want in the cache. Because there is only one duration_correction_factor per project. The plan is to (eventually) make it one DCF per application. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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Questions and Answers : Wish list : Another setting instead of Additional work buffer