Limiting Number of Tasks

Questions and Answers : Preferences : Limiting Number of Tasks

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LucasBV Send message Joined: 17 May 09 Posts: 2 Credit: 28,597 RAC: 0	Message 896742 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 0:06:42 UTC
	This is actually more than what the title says, but if I included all my questions in the title, it would be silly long. Question 1: How do I limit myself exclusively to AstroPulse? Question 2: How do I limit the number of tasks running at one time (say, one or two... running 5 at once at a processor usage limit makes it take too long). Any help will be greeted with great fanfare and enthusiasm.
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LucasBV Send message Joined: 17 May 09 Posts: 2 Credit: 28,597 RAC: 0	Message 896772 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 0:39:38 UTC - in response to Message 896742.
	Another Question: I set my preferences to exclusively AP, but the times to completion look really close, so if I turn my computer off at all, it will not be completed, which bugs me. Where do I reverse my lunacy?
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 896787 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 1:28:26 UTC - in response to Message 896772.
	Another Question: I set my preferences to exclusively AP, but the times to completion look really close, so if I turn my computer off at all, it will not be completed, which bugs me. Where do I reverse my lunacy? The estimates for time to completion are likely to be too large for AP. You can reverse your decision at the same place that you made it in the first place. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 896794 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 1:33:32 UTC - in response to Message 896742.
	This is actually more than what the title says, but if I included all my questions in the title, it would be silly long. Question 1: How do I limit myself exclusively to AstroPulse? I believe that you have already figured this one out on your own Question 2: How do I limit the number of tasks running at one time (say, one or two... running 5 at once at a processor usage limit makes it take too long). AP is a single threaded process (it can only use one CPU or CUDA device). You are running one task for each CPU and CUDA device on your system. Reducing the number of tasks running will not affect the duration of the other tasks very much. However, in the "Your account" area there is a section for "Computeing Preferences". Under this you will find settings for Max % of CPUs to use, and Max # of CPUs to use. Set the one that is appropriate for the version that you are using. The other way of doing this is on the advanced menu item of the advanced tab of the BOINC Manager UI. This second method is a local override for the Web setting. Any help will be greeted with great fanfare and enthusiasm. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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Ageless Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 11635 Credit: 1,998,006 RAC: 4,186	Message 896893 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 7:58:18 UTC - in response to Message 896794.
	AP is a single threaded process (it can only use one CPU or CUDA device). AP can run on CUDA these days? ____________ Jord - BOINC FAQ Service - BOINC User Wiki Real is just a matter of perception.
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Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3075 Credit: 341,464 RAC: 88	Message 896894 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 8:00:26 UTC - in response to Message 896893. Last modified: 19 May 2009, 8:00:39 UTC
	AP can run on CUDA these days? <grins>
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John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 22343 Credit: 439,209 RAC: 396	Message 896911 - Posted: 19 May 2009, 11:02:59 UTC - in response to Message 896893.
	AP is a single threaded process (it can only use one CPU or CUDA device). AP can run on CUDA these days? Oh foo, not yet. It is being worked on. ____________ BOINC WIKI
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Questions and Answers : Preferences : Limiting Number of Tasks