All the units that my system downloads have completion dates 24hrs on from the date of download. This means that Malaria units are running at \'high priority\' and the other projects don\'t get a turn until they also are pressed for time.
Is this policy or an error in the software allocating units for calculation?
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They\'re mostly resends. Tasks that aren\'t done in time by others. These get sent back out to other computers. if you\'re asking for work at that moment, you\'ll get them.
At default the deadline here at Malaria is 3 days.
So it also depends on how much days worth of work you request. If 3 days worth, tasks that get in will start in high priority.
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BOINC FAQ Service
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They\'re mostly resends. Tasks that aren\'t done in time by others. These get sent back out to other computers. if you\'re asking for work at that moment, you\'ll get them.
At default the deadline here at Malaria is 3 days.
So it also depends on how much days worth of work you request. If 3 days worth, tasks that get in will start in high priority.
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They\'re mostly resends. Tasks that aren\'t done in time by others. These get sent back out to other computers. if you\'re asking for work at that moment, you\'ll get them.
At default the deadline here at Malaria is 3 days.
So it also depends on how much days worth of work you request. If 3 days worth, tasks that get in will start in high priority.
Many thanks for the information. I\'ll just let things run and see what happens.
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They\'re mostly resends. Tasks that aren\'t done in time by others. These get sent back out to other computers. if you\'re asking for work at that moment, you\'ll get them.
At default the deadline here at Malaria is 3 days.
So it also depends on how much days worth of work you request. If 3 days worth, tasks that get in will start in high priority.
Many thanks for the information. I\'ll just let things run and see what happens.
What you are doing is building up LTD or Long Term Debt for those other projects and one of these days Malaria will not get any new work and those other projects will get all the work. Over many months it will all even out, but over the short run it will seem like one project gets all the time and the others are slighted.
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I\'ve a dual core computer and still several malaria units are not analyzed in three days time..., please increase this default time as some other BOINC projects did (SETI; World Grid...), or at least let the user increase it to a certain limit (5 days, for instance)
Fernando
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I\'ve a dual core computer and still several malaria units are not analyzed in three days time..., please increase this default time as some other BOINC projects did (SETI; World Grid...), or at least let the user increase it to a certain limit (5 days, for instance)
Fernando
The time for you to crunch a unit here is about 90 minutes, the problem seems to be the other Projects you are attached to and the time you give to Malaria.
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I have a single CPU computer and am attach to 36 projects, while I have work from 14 of them and still manage to return my MCDNs in time. Of course, I don\'t run a multi-day cache on my BOINC, as I don\'t need that with 14 projects having work...
So perhaps an idea to decrease your cache?
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Jord.
BOINC FAQ Service
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I have a single CPU computer and am attach to 36 projects, while I have work from 14 of them and still manage to return my MCDNs in time. Of course, I don\'t run a multi-day cache on my BOINC, as I don\'t need that with 14 projects having work...
So perhaps an idea to decrease your cache?
THAT of course is a much better solution than the one I suggested!!!
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I have a single CPU computer and am attach to 36 projects, while I have work from 14 of them and still manage to return my MCDNs in time. Of course, I don\'t run a multi-day cache on my BOINC, as I don\'t need that with 14 projects having work...
So perhaps an idea to decrease your cache?
I\'ve decreased my cache as suggested and still 3 days is not enough to analyze a frame. Take into consideration my computer is not running continuously (between 8 and 10 hours per working day).
Besides that I observe the \'CPU Time\' and \'Time to completion\' variables values are frozen when the malaria frame is being analyzed. Is it normal? It doesn\'t happen with other projects. Both variables doesn\'t reflect the real time invested or to invest in the analysis.
It seems the default conditions for analyzing malaria frames.., prevent me (at least) to analyze them in time. If these conditions don\'t change and I cannot deliver the analyses in time, should I detach from this project?
Fernando
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Besides that I observe the \'CPU Time\' and \'Time to completion\' variables values are frozen when the malaria frame is being analyzed. Is it normal? It doesn\'t happen with other projects. Both variables doesn\'t reflect the real time invested or to invest in the analysis.
This is normal for this particular application. The reason is that it uses the so-called BOINC wrapper, which does not allow these variables to be updated.
It seems the default conditions for analyzing malaria frames.., prevent me (at least) to analyze them in time. If these conditions don\'t change and I cannot deliver the analyses in time, should I detach from this project?
It seems that the duration correction factor for your computer is currently very much out. That may be a consequence of the difficulty to estimate the duration of workunits for the optimizer application, and leads your computer to overestimate the duration to completion. You can try to reset this value to 1 (it must be around 20 for you now). Do this only if you\'re comfortable with editing the file client_state.xml in your BOINC installation directory. The XML-element you\'re looking for is called duration_correction_factor. (Replace
<duration_correction_factor>_YOUR_CURRENT_VALUE_</duration_correction_factor>
with
<duration_correction_factor>1</duration_correction_factor>
in the part of the file that contains information about malariacontrol.net)
Alternatively, you can opt out of receiving workunits for the optimizer app, and only run workunits for which the duration estimates are more accurate (the malariacontrol application). Change the setting in Your Account->malariacontrol.net preferences->Run optimizer application from Yes to No. The duration estimates should become more accurate after a few workunits.
Nick
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Nicolas Maire
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
http://www.swisstph.ch
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I have a single CPU computer and am attach to 36 projects, while I have work from 14 of them and still manage to return my MCDNs in time. Of course, I don\'t run a multi-day cache on my BOINC, as I don\'t need that with 14 projects having work...
So perhaps an idea to decrease your cache?
I\'ve decreased my cache as suggested and still 3 days is not enough to analyze a frame. Take into consideration my computer is not running continuously (between 8 and 10 hours per working day).
Besides that I observe the \'CPU Time\' and \'Time to completion\' variables values are frozen when the malaria frame is being analyzed. Is it normal? It doesn\'t happen with other projects. Both variables doesn\'t reflect the real time invested or to invest in the analysis.
It seems the default conditions for analyzing malaria frames.., prevent me (at least) to analyze them in time. If these conditions don\'t change and I cannot deliver the analyses in time, should I detach from this project?
Fernando
Those units are not listed as WU* in the tasks tab they are listed as OPT* units. That means they are not the standard everyday units like all the other projects. That also means they operate under special conditions one being that they do not display their ongoing progress. They are setup however to finish in 3 hours or less every single time. As Nick said if you go into your settings you can opt out of those units and your computer will settle down and run only units like all the other projects.
To make the change go to Your Account, then malariacontrol.net preferences and change the setting for Run test applications? to NO. Make sure to save the changes at the bottom of the page and then do an update from the computer.
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