I know that this is a young kid running this thing, but it is very frustrating trying to keep it going. I noticed that on this 8 core, sometimes 3 or more wu's will not DL properly. The other 5 run while it tries to DL the other files. I found that if I keep hammering the server with retries, I can get it to DL. That works fine for machines with 1 or 2 cores, but for multi-core machines, sometimes a few WU's start to run while the others are hung up and if you get the files to DL, the machine will wait until all WU's are complete before asking for more work. I have been aborting the ones that get hung up so that it will ask for the full amount of work when updating. It probably has something to do with the LAN Nazis around here, but haven't had the time to look deeper into it.
Joined Original Message Board: Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:47 pm, Currently with 11298 Posts
If it ain't crunch'n, unplug it!
Went back to getting 8 again. What the ...? Anyone have any other ideas? Hate losing all them free stones.
Hmmmm... This is a wild guess but maybe its due to memory limitations? If you have a ton of RAM then check your Disk and Memory Settings in BOINC Manager under Preferences.
What is the preferences overide file and how do I make it stop?
It's the locally stored file of the preferences you set in BOINC Manager. What it overrides are the settings from the web based BOINC Account Manager aka BAM. So you really DON'T want it to stop unless you only use BAM.
Here are my desktop settings for Disk & Memory Usage:
Disk Usage
Use at most 100.00 Gigabytes disk space
Leave at least 5.00 Gigabytes disk space free
Use at most 75.00 % of total disk space
Tasks checkpoint to disk at most every 60 seconds
Use at most 85.00 % of page file (swap space)
Memory Usage
Use at most 80 % when computer is in use
Use at most 90 % when computer is idle
[Check mark] Leave applications in memory while suspended
Thanks FS I figured it out. Anytime you suspend a project in the manager it defaults to those settings. Still only getting 8 units and my settings were very close to yours.