hi,

it is a wish to boinc.

some of my running mashines are at work.
they are P4 wit HT enabled.
but due better working and more acceptance it runs only one model per machine.

is it possible to manage, that boinc let automatic a second model run in a configurable time?

for excample:
the server runs 24/7. monday to friday from 7 to 17 o\'clock it get quite hi cpu-load from the server\'s applications. in the other time it is rather ideling.

one CP-Model runs this 24/7 ans the overal-cpuload is 70-80% (50 by Boinc, rest by server-applications)
in case, it seems to a user, that theserver ist quite slow, he looks at the cpu-load and get the 80% - ok, he says, it is cpu-load left, the slowness is\'n made by cpu-overload.

because of this, it is not realy good, to let two models run, because the second model at the virtual CPU will cause 50% more \"virtual\" CPU-load.
It is not possible, that I switch the second process off an on by hand.


I want, that (for excample) from 7 to 17 o\'clock the second model is switched off.
how can I (or you, guys) manage that by preferences?


greets, micha

The only way to control if 1 or 2 processors are used is manually, in preferences.
If you set 2 of the other preferences to \"leave work in memory\", and \"don\'t do work while computer is in use\", BOINC will stop while other tasks are being run, and resume when they finish.

hi,

it is a wish to boinc.

some of my running mashines are at work.
they are P4 wit HT enabled.
but due better working and more acceptance it runs only one model per machine.

is it possible to manage, that boinc let automatic a second model run in a configurable time?

for excample:
the server runs 24/7. monday to friday from 7 to 17 o\'clock it get quite hi cpu-load from the server\'s applications. in the other time it is rather ideling.

one CP-Model runs this 24/7 ans the overal-cpuload is 70-80% (50 by Boinc, rest by server-applications)
in case, it seems to a user, that theserver ist quite slow, he looks at the cpu-load and get the 80% - ok, he says, it is cpu-load left, the slowness is\'n made by cpu-overload.

because of this, it is not realy good, to let two models run, because the second model at the virtual CPU will cause 50% more \"virtual\" CPU-load.
It is not possible, that I switch the second process off an on by hand.


I want, that (for excample) from 7 to 17 o\'clock the second model is switched off.
how can I (or you, guys) manage that by preferences?


greets, micha

Bruce, if you use the \'reply to this thread\' link at the bottom left it won\'t quote the entire previous post...

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Reposted to get rid of your access key -- not a good idea to publicize that.

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Unfortunately my PC has become overloaded (unable to remove/send emails, emails doubled up; altogether it has in other areas too \'ground to a halt\').
I left my PC on all the time and my personal use was minimal.It was somewhat distressing that my technical advisor said the only answer was to unload the software, which he did; I asked him if I could safely use Climate control only whilst I was working, but he strongly advised against it, indeed he said \"No!\"
Am indeed disappointed, and so sorry! Bruce Shaxson.

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Bruce, the most common reason for problems like that is insufficient memory. It is very unusual for companies to allow private software to run on their computers, since technician time is expensive.

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Mike- thanks for your response. Mine is a private PC, the \'technician\' is just a local \'PC Fixer\'- my memory is a 256Mb DDR PC2100. Can you advise reasonable total memory for my m/c to handle Climate Change 24hrs./day running; my usual usage would be about 3hs/day, sometimes more.Bruce.

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I have 3 PCs doing CPDN, the least amount of memory is 512M, but that machine gets very little human use. The one I personally use on a daily basis has 768M, and I do not find issues. Of course I web, e-mail, play a few light games on it, and write CDs and DVDs with it. I do not play any high end games. It runs well in 768M. If you are thinking about updating someday to Vista, I would suggest 1G right away. I have seen how bad Vista runs in 512M (knowing it is still Beta software and things may change), but for all purposes I still think it\'s going to need it.

It\'s a matter of preferences, I would say for the money, 1G is usually pretty reasonable. Going more can just be waste for now, doing a little less may not necessarily cost much less.

I am sure there will be differing opinions, but I know that several people I work with agree 1M is probably becoming a pretty normal amount of memory at the present time.

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As PoohBear implies, the recommended minimum is 512MB of RAM.

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