Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of CreditNotes


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Oct 12, 2009, 8:52:33 PM (14 years ago)
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davea
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    v3 v4  
    2222So the two goals are inconsistent; we can't satisfy them both.
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     24We've had two "credit philosophies":
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     26 Credit for FLOPs performed:: this provides device neutrality (more or less).
     27 
     28 Credit for peak FLOPS * time:: this provides project neutrality.
     29
     30Neither approach is adequate by itself.
     31We need to find something in the middle.
     32
    2433== Scenarios ==
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    3241   (say, because of its memory access pattern)
    3342
     43How much credit should the various jobs get?
     44It depends.
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     46If almost all hosts are like host B,
     47then project 2's jobs should get almost 10 times as much;
     48after all, they cost most volunteers 10 times as much electricity.
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     50If almost all hosts are like host A,
     51then project 2's jobs should get about as much as project 1's.
     52
     53Let's try to quantify this.