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Message 20816 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 21:15:33 UTC

Hi. I just started devoting my computer to this project and noticed that my computer has been crunching the data for this for over six hours but only shows having finished 0.5%. Yes, it does show a crazy completion time (1600 hrs) but this seems to be a different issue from the other posts on this issue. I am running a new dual core Pentium, so my CPU speed is not the issue. Either I have a monster work unit or else Boinc reporting on the Climate Prediction work units is hosed and needs some work. Im convinced of the latter.
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Message 20817 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 21:21:36 UTC

That\'s about right... the work units are indeed very large.
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Message 20836 - Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 6:26:59 UTC

You seem to have a very fast CPU - it takes me almost a full day to process 0.5%
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Message 20841 - Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 8:13:52 UTC

In fact you could run two models simultaneously if you want, one on each core - if you want to do this, set the \'num processors\' on the account preferences page to 2 from 1.
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Message 20854 - Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 18:30:05 UTC

You\'re lucky to have such a fast pc. I\'m at 3.5 after 10 days almost always on.
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Message 21011 - Posted: 3 Mar 2006, 16:43:53 UTC

I just moved here from Seti. And have done a lot of reading.
I just hit 1.02% after 19 hours. Dual core @ 3.06 ghz and am
running 2 units at the same time. Boatloads of ram also.

The completion time is really wierd, but I see this happen to
other users also, so I ignore that.

Slightly worried about the reported deadline though. I just did
1% in 19 hours. At this rate, I wont be done for 62 days, which
is way past the date deadline of February 12th. Should this be
a concern? Or does anyone think the ticker for percent done will
speed up? Thanks.
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Message 21016 - Posted: 3 Mar 2006, 19:43:54 UTC

> Slightly worried about the reported deadline though. I just did
> 1% in 19 hours. At this rate, I wont be done for 62 days, which
> is way past the date deadline of February 12th. Should this be
> a concern? Or does anyone think the ticker for percent done will
> speed up? Thanks.

February 12th of which year? 2007?
You have a \'year\' to complete it, but only because there is a \'completion date\' field in the BOINC software, which needs an entry of some sort.
In this project, deadlines are ignored.
The completion date will decrease a bit, as BOINC \'learns\' about your computer speed/useage, etc. But there won\'t be a noticeable difference until after several hundred hours.

Crunch on! :)

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Message 21018 - Posted: 3 Mar 2006, 20:09:41 UTC - in response to Message 21016.  

> Slightly worried about the reported deadline though. I just did
> 1% in 19 hours. At this rate, I wont be done for 62 days, which
> is way past the date deadline of February 12th. Should this be
> a concern? Or does anyone think the ticker for percent done will
> speed up? Thanks.

February 12th of which year? 2007?
You have a \'year\' to complete it, but only because there is a \'completion date\' field in the BOINC software, which needs an entry of some sort.
In this project, deadlines are ignored.
The completion date will decrease a bit, as BOINC \'learns\' about your computer speed/useage, etc. But there won\'t be a noticeable difference until after several hundred hours.

Crunch on! :)


Whoops. Yes Les, it does say 2007. My messup. Thanks for responding.
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