More Science with Longer CPU Times?

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Message 80303 - Posted: 27 Jun 2016, 15:56:49 UTC

I know that the subject of setting 'Target CPU Run Time' has been beaten to death, but I have never found an answer to this question: If I increase my CPU run time, does that give better science to R@H? If I increase this from its current 8 hours up to the max, am I doing good? ...or does it not make that much difference in the results I send to R@H?
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Message 80313 - Posted: 29 Jun 2016, 13:01:07 UTC

More time yields more completed models that use a given level of science. So you don't crunch a given model any longer, or with any different logic. You just crunch more of them per downloaded task.

Longer runtimes are a good way to reduce the load on the servers, and your download bandwidth, if your usage patterns make longer runtimes easy for you.
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