Posts by Grenadier

1) Message boards : Number crunching : WU scheduling issues remain an issue (Message 11759) Posted 7 Mar 2006 by Grenadier Post: That is a very accurate re-iteration of the issue I am trying to describe. (the idling of another BOINC project in favor of Rosetta for a day or so) If it were only a matter of a single instance of this occurance I wouldn't think too much of it. The trouble is that this particular machine has gone into this cycle 2 times now. The first time, I aborted the excess work units and the machine was fine for a while but overloaded itself again after a few days. So, this time I reset the project and again, after a few days I found that it had overloaded itself once again. I aborted about a half-dozen of the pending WUs and now it is happy... but it is frustrating keep watching Rosetta push the other project aside. (I like the other project too) Most of your problem is right here. The continual deletion of WU's and resetting the project keep BOINC from adjusting the duration correction factor properly to the new WU size. I know you don't want to hear this, but leave BOINC alone, and you'll have fewer problems in the long run. Yes, you'll have days where one project monopolizes the machine (I've had this with Leiden and Sztaki recently.) But in the end, the adjustment factor will kick in, and the long-term debts will accrue correctly and you will have days with NO work for Rosetta. In the end, everything will balance out. But by micro-managing, you're probably making it worse, not better.