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Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein) Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 28 Aug 06 Posts: 1483 Credit: 1,864,017 RAC: 0 |
Apropos, why are the auto-format buttons like [url] so far off-screen to the right here? I'm using Chrome on Windows XP. Hi! There will be a mojor overhaul of the Web presence in the near future, so forgive us for not investing any significant time in fixing stuff in the legacy web front-end now. Cheers HB |
Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein) Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 28 Aug 06 Posts: 1483 Credit: 1,864,017 RAC: 0 |
First result validated, nice! Testing here is also used to adjust the credits for Einstein. The variations in run time of different "kinds" of tasks (frequency, etc) is much more pronounced in this run, e.g. older Core2 CPUs show a greater "run time scatter" than modern Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge CPUs. We need to understand these variations first and then find a compromise credit policy that is more or less fair to everyone. Cheers HB |
Jeroen Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 12 Credit: 638,256 RAC: 0 |
Hello, I have had four of the new GW search tasks validate so far. Runtime ranges from 7908 seconds average on one host to 8886 seconds average on another host. Currently memory usage per task in Linux is approximately 100 MB. The memory usage was at approximately 130 MB yesterday evening when I first started running the new tasks. Jeroen |
MarkJ Send message Joined: 28 Feb 08 Posts: 26 Credit: 28,160 RAC: 0 |
Apropos, why are the auto-format buttons like [url] so far off-screen to the right here? I'm using Chrome on Windows XP. Hopefully it will include the latest BOINC message board stuff as the message pagination is quite useful, especially when on a mobile device. |
Bikermatt Send message Joined: 23 Apr 13 Posts: 1 Credit: 32,292,878 RAC: 0 |
I noticed that the h1_0996 tasks are taking 3-4 times longer than the h1_005x tasks. On one of my systems that is also running Einstein BRP tasks doubled in time also even with one core reserved for the GPU. |
tullio Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 796 Credit: 137,342 RAC: 0 |
I noticed that the h1_0996 tasks are taking 3-4 times longer than the h1_005x tasks. On one of my systems that is also running Einstein BRP tasks doubled in time also even with one core reserved for the GPU. Is this why people are aborting them? I got three aborts on a single unit, still not validated, and all of them were on CPUs faster than my Opteron 1210. Tullio |
Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein) Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 28 Aug 06 Posts: 1483 Credit: 1,864,017 RAC: 0 |
Hi! I haven't checked your tasks specifically but sometimes tasks are aborted by us on the server side as well (whenever we make some tweeks and we need to get the results from the tweaked stuff rather than wasting resources on completing the un-tweaked stuff, so to say). Cheers HB |
Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein) Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 28 Aug 06 Posts: 1483 Credit: 1,864,017 RAC: 0 |
I noticed that the h1_0996 tasks are taking 3-4 times longer than the h1_005x tasks. On one of my systems that is also running Einstein BRP tasks doubled in time also even with one core reserved for the GPU. I see you have some Intel and AMD hosts, so this is valuable info. I wonder whether anything can be said about whether the spread of runtimes is especially bad on certain CPUs. We did some tests on a Sandy Bridge Inte CPU and the relative difference in runtime wasn't that big. Anyway, thanks for the feedback, it's exactly this kind of results we are looking for from the testers who have a lager variety of systems in use than we have at our disposal. Cheers HB |
Holmis Send message Joined: 4 Jan 05 Posts: 104 Credit: 2,104,736 RAC: 0 |
I've seen variance in runtime up to about 3 hours on my overclocked i7 3770K @ 4.2GHz. Task name Run time CPU time h1_0997.05_S6Direct__S6CasAc_997.25Hz_721_1 24,107.54 24,081.17 h1_0997.05_S6Direct__S6CasAc_997.25Hz_722_1 24,220.83 24,167.88 h1_0997.05_S6Direct__S6CasAc_997.25Hz_723_1 34,223.87 33,765.29 h1_0997.05_S6Direct__S6CasAc_997.25Hz_724_1 34,273.24 33,806.84 Unfortunately I can't say anything about what was run at the same time as I've been mixing these tasks with Einstein work (FGRP, GW Line Veto & BRP5 on the GPU) and a few tasks from other projects. |
Holmis Send message Joined: 4 Jan 05 Posts: 104 Credit: 2,104,736 RAC: 0 |
I've started getting "Validate errors" on my S6 CasA tasks with version 1.05. I can't see anything suspicious in Boinc's event log or in the task stderr, but as soon as a validation is tried both tasks get the status of Validate error and to new task are created. Has something in the tasks changed that the validator can't cope with or is there some problem with the result files? Link to my S6 Directed Search (CasA) task. |
tullio Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 796 Credit: 137,342 RAC: 0 |
Same here on my Linux box. But I see Windows users getting the same error. Tullio |
Bernd Machenschalk Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 15 Oct 04 Posts: 1956 Credit: 6,218,130 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for the feedback. There was a problem in the validator that should now be fixed. Later today I'll see what I can do about the older "validate error" results. BM Edit: I issued all "validate error" tasks that were still in the DB for "re-validation" by the new validator |
Holmis Send message Joined: 4 Jan 05 Posts: 104 Credit: 2,104,736 RAC: 0 |
Thanks, it looks a lot better now as all recent tasks have the status valid instead of validate error! Hope we can get this sufficiently tested and released on Einstein soon. |
Bernd Machenschalk Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 15 Oct 04 Posts: 1956 Credit: 6,218,130 RAC: 0 |
Will take another week. The scientist that have the final word on it are away for another conference. But technically it looks good so far. BM |
tullio Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 796 Credit: 137,342 RAC: 0 |
I have 4 units done and waiting for validation since December and January. But their wingmen are absent (unsent units). Why? Tullio |