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Message 1184179 - Posted: 9 Jan 2012, 21:52:47 UTC
Last modified: 9 Jan 2012, 21:55:00 UTC

On Christmas day, one of my computers was processing 8 vlar WUs downloaded from the beta site, which had all started at the same time because of preemption. Due to the long term succession of GPU WUs processed, the DCF declined to about 0.8, whereas normally it is higher than 1.20 when processing vlar WUs. Consequently Boinc downloaded 318 CPU WUs in about 2 hours, all of which were due yesterday (1/8/12) between 2:30 and 6:30 PM. (See the digest of stdoutdae.txt below.) Yesterday morning at 6:00 AM there were still 216 of these WUs to process. 130 of these could not be processed by the due date and were declared to be errors, thus increasing pending credit and annoying everyone in general.

This might not have happened if we had a separate DCF for GPU WUs.


25-Dec-2011 16:18:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 172352.15 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:18:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:18:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:18:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 4027 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:18:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:18:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:19:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 168555.22 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:19:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:19:20 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:19:20 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 4027 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:19:20 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:19:20 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:19:31 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 164696.06 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:19:31 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:19:44 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:19:44 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 4027 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:19:44 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:19:44 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:19:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 160791.69 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:19:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:20:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:20:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 4027 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:20:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:20:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:20:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 156959.55 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:20:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:20:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:20:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 8054 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:20:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:20:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:20:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 149058.08 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:20:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:20:57 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:20:57 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 4027 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:20:57 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:20:57 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:21:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 145239.90 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:21:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:21:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:21:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 8054 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:21:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:21:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:21:34 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 137364.90 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:21:34 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:21:46 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.908984->0.885749, raw_ratio 0.676633, adj_ratio 0.744384
25-Dec-2011 16:21:50 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:21:50 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 7849 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:21:50 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:21:50 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:22:01 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 472823.38 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:22:01 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:22:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 4 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:22:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 15697 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:22:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:22:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:22:25 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 457144.52 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:22:25 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:22:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:22:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 11773 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:22:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:22:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:22:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 445498.03 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:22:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:23:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:23:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 7849 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:23:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:23:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:23:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 437767.29 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:23:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:23:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:23:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 11773 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:23:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:23:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:23:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 426058.88 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:23:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:23:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 9 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:23:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 35318 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:23:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:23:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:24:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 390544.16 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:24:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:24:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 6 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:24:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 23546 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:24:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:24:40 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:33:00 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.885749->0.869058, raw_ratio 0.718842, adj_ratio 0.811564
25-Dec-2011 16:33:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:33:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:34:16 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 1 min 29 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:38:57 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.869058->0.849400, raw_ratio 0.672480, adj_ratio 0.773803
25-Dec-2011 16:39:17 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:39:17 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:39:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:40:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 916983.19 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:40:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:40:35 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 33 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:40:35 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 124186 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:40:35 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:40:35 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:40:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 791474.61 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:40:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:41:09 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 21 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:41:09 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 79028 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:41:09 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:41:09 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:41:20 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 711628.71 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:41:20 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 16:41:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 12 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 16:41:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 45159 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:41:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 16:41:52 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 16:44:33 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.849400->1.101549, raw_ratio 1.101549, adj_ratio 1.296856
25-Dec-2011 16:51:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 1.101549->1.063356, raw_ratio 0.719618, adj_ratio 0.653278
25-Dec-2011 16:56:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 1.063356->1.024757, raw_ratio 0.677362, adj_ratio 0.637004
25-Dec-2011 17:09:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 1.024757->0.994215, raw_ratio 0.719341, adj_ratio 0.701963
25-Dec-2011 17:13:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:13:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:13:33 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.994215->0.962477, raw_ratio 0.676833, adj_ratio 0.680771
25-Dec-2011 17:13:54 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:28:07 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.962477->0.938095, raw_ratio 0.718659, adj_ratio 0.746677
25-Dec-2011 17:30:50 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.938095->0.911963, raw_ratio 0.676772, adj_ratio 0.721432
25-Dec-2011 17:31:47 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:31:47 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:32:28 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:46:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.911963->0.892719, raw_ratio 0.719524, adj_ratio 0.788984
25-Dec-2011 17:46:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 9968.09 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:46:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:46:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:46:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 11846 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:46:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:46:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:47:05 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 2157.78 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:47:05 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:47:19 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:47:19 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 3949 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:47:19 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:47:19 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:47:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 1253.60 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:47:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:47:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:47:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 3949 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:47:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:47:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:47:53 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 583.98 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:47:53 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:48:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:48:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 3949 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:48:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:48:06 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:48:08 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.892719->0.871083, raw_ratio 0.676364, adj_ratio 0.757645
25-Dec-2011 17:48:16 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 313657.94 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:48:16 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:48:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 57 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:48:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 219615 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:48:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:48:30 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:48:41 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 91089.86 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:48:41 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:49:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 21 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:49:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 80911 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:49:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:49:23 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 17:49:33 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 10069.08 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:49:33 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 17:50:28 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 17:50:28 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 11559 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:50:28 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 17:50:28 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 18:04:55 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.871083->0.856038, raw_ratio 0.720625, adj_ratio 0.827275
25-Dec-2011 18:05:25 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.856038->0.838099, raw_ratio 0.676650, adj_ratio 0.790444
25-Dec-2011 18:05:46 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:05:46 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:05:59 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 18:09:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 512125.75 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:09:15 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:09:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 45 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 18:09:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 166815 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:09:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:09:45 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 18:09:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 343140.16 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:09:56 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:10:34 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 25 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 18:10:34 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 92675 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:10:34 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:10:34 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 18:22:44 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.838099->0.822025, raw_ratio 0.677364, adj_ratio 0.808215
25-Dec-2011 18:23:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [dcf] DCF: 0.822025->0.811789, raw_ratio 0.719658, adj_ratio 0.875470
25-Dec-2011 18:25:33 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 668383.58 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:25:33 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:25:51 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 36 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 18:25:51 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 129263 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:25:51 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:25:51 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
25-Dec-2011 18:26:01 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] CPU work request: 537548.18 seconds; 0.00 CPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:26:01 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 GPUs
25-Dec-2011 18:26:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] Scheduler request completed: got 21 new tasks
25-Dec-2011 18:26:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total CPU task duration: 75403 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:26:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] estimated total NVIDIA GPU task duration: 0 seconds
25-Dec-2011 18:26:18 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
318 CPU WUs and 0 GPU WUs downloaded.
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Message 1184318 - Posted: 10 Jan 2012, 11:38:51 UTC - in response to Message 1184179.  

This might not have happened if we had a separate DCF for GPU WUs.

It's not that simple - you (BOINC) will need several (many) DCFs for every combination of different GPU/app

e.g.
DCF1 - MB app on CPU
DCF2 - Astropulse app on CPU

DCF3 - MB CUDA app on GPU 0 (fermi)
DCF4 - MB CUDA app on GPU 1 (2xx)
DCF5 - MB OpenCL app on GPU 2 (ATI)
DCF6 - Astropulse OpenCL app on GPU 0 (fermi)
DCF7 - Astropulse OpenCL app on GPU 2 (ATI)

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Message 1186491 - Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 15:20:47 UTC - in response to Message 1184179.  

How many days is your Boinc cache set to?
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Message 1186500 - Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 16:17:12 UTC - in response to Message 1186491.  

10 + 10 = 20 days. Bear in mind that this is the S@H Beta site.

The CPU and GPU are so fundamentally different, there is no hope of making one DCF work for both.
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