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Message 1242603 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 3:59:51 UTC - in response to Message 1242392.  

Where do I find those percentages again? They look familiar, but I don't remember where they are located. Thanks

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Message 1242605 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 4:06:23 UTC - in response to Message 1242603.  

Where do I find those percentages again? They look familiar, but I don't remember where they are located. Thanks


They are located in the host details page.

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Message 1242606 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 4:11:10 UTC

Under the details of this host, here is what I found, but I don't see those stats on those pages, I must be missing them somehow:


Owner Al
Created 28 Mar 2011 | 7:44:02 UTC
Total credit 8,534,929
Average credit 46,694.81
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CPU type GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz [Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5]
Number of processors 8
Coprocessors [4] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1279MB) driver: 301.42
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.02.3790.00)
BOINC version 6.10.60
Memory 6134.88 MB
Cache 256 KB
Measured floating point speed 2953.13 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 9340.71 million ops/sec
Average upload rate 36.76 KB/sec
Average download rate 94.26 KB/sec
Average turnaround time 6.16 days
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Tasks 6231
Number of times client has contacted server 20303
Last contact 7 Jun 2012

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Average turnaround time 4.28 days
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Number of tasks completed 338
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Message 1242607 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 4:23:26 UTC - in response to Message 1242606.  

You can also see the info in client_state.xml in the time stats area.

Located in the BOINC data folder.

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Message 1242642 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 5:48:41 UTC - in response to Message 1242606.  

Under the details of this host, here is what I found, but I don't see those stats on those pages, I must be missing them somehow:

Scroll down, they're at the bottom.

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Message 1245028 - Posted: 12 Jun 2012, 12:11:17 UTC

Ahh, found it:

% of time BOINC is running 95.8198 %
While BOINC running, % of time host has an Internet connection 93.5227 %
While BOINC running, % of time work is allowed 97.0442 %

This seems pretty good for my multi-GPU machine. There are times when I suspend it due to lag issues, while I use the system for other things, but isn't 95%+ pretty good?

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Message 1245270 - Posted: 13 Jun 2012, 7:47:54 UTC - in response to Message 1245028.  
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% of time BOINC is running 95.8198 %
% of time BOINC is running 95.8198 %
While BOINC running, % of time work is allowed 97.0442 %
but isn't 95%+ pretty good?


Yes & no.
100% is best, but if a system is being used for other things that preempt BOINC processing then 95% is way better than only 50%.
Keep in mind that 5% of the time BOINC isn't running at all; and in that 95% period where it is running 3% of that time no work is being processed.
So it's more like 8% of the time the computer is on, no processing is done which means your RAC will never be near a similar system that runs 24/7 & doesn't pause processing at any time.


EDIT- and keep in mind that is just one of yuor systems. You'd want to check all the others to make sure that they're not spending extended periods not doing any crunching- if they are crunching only machines those figures should be pretty much 100%.
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Message 1245855 - Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 12:39:13 UTC - in response to Message 1242392.  

I would check "% of time BOINC is running" & "While BOINC is running % of time work is allowed" to make sure the systems are processing work all the time.
My figures are 99.9561% & 99.993%

Looking at your system with the 4 GPUs, it's now returing WUs almost as soon as it gets them, indicating there's no cache there. So during outages it may not be processing any work at all.

One of your systems is still running v7, so the settings to maintina a cache on v6 systems will leave that system with no cache at all- revert it back to v6 or set overides on the system itself.

Funny, the 1st v7 machine does have a decent cache, but the newest one I set up last night doesn't. It has 4 tasks running with 4 waiting in the wings, and never gets more. How do I set the overide on this system specifically, to get a decent cache? Being a GTX670 running 4 tasks at once, it will burn thru them fairly quickly, and if the project doesn't have anything to give now and then, it will be sitting idling. Thanks!

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Message 1246044 - Posted: 14 Jun 2012, 18:30:00 UTC - in response to Message 1245855.  

Funny, the 1st v7 machine does have a decent cache, but the newest one I set up last night doesn't.

Having just been setup, it will take several days for it's processing numbers to settle down & the DCF number to get down to around 1.0. As it starts getting accurate processing time figures it should start caching more work.

I don't have V7, but in V6 it's in BOINC manager, Advanced tab, Preferences. Make sure to clear everything there so it can download the preferences from the web site. Then on the web site make sure it's set to use the same settings as the system that does have a good cache. Then let it go & see if it improves over the next few days.
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Message 1246401 - Posted: 15 Jun 2012, 12:22:08 UTC

Just checked this morning, she's loaded for bear, has a bunch of tasks ready to rock. It will be fun to see how well an Atom proc'ed board can keep up with a very high end card. I would think fairly well, but I am still pretty fuzzy as to just how much processor a good GPU needs to keep it happy and well fed. I would like to use the CPU to add whatever it can to the total, but since it is an Atom, it wouldn't be a ton, and GPU is king in those systems, so if I err, I'd rather do it on the side of not harming the GPU performance. Can anyone enlighten me?

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