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Message 49451 - Posted: 1 Jun 2013, 5:34:11 UTC

Hello all,

If I want to modify the limitation of jobs per PCPUs in the source code, where should I do this?

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Message 49467 - Posted: 1 Jun 2013, 9:53:25 UTC - in response to Message 49451.  

Hello all,

If I want to modify the limitation of jobs per PCPUs in the source code, where should I do this?

Regards.


You can set it in config.xml

<max_wus_to_send>
x
</max_wus_to_send>
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Message 49473 - Posted: 2 Jun 2013, 1:15:37 UTC - in response to Message 49467.  

Hello all,

If I want to modify the limitation of jobs per PCPUs in the source code, where should I do this?

Regards.


You can set it in config.xml

<max_wus_to_send>
x
</max_wus_to_send>


Thanks my friend,but I want to fetch more jobs per PCPUs now I have two Cores and the boinc has fetched only two WUs simultaneously.

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Message 49475 - Posted: 2 Jun 2013, 7:34:37 UTC - in response to Message 49473.  

Use the <ncpus>N</ncpus> option in cc_config.xml
This emulates that you have more cores than you actually have. A value of <ncpus>4</ncpus> will run 4 tasks at a time, even on a 2 core CPU.

See http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration for more information about the cc_config.xml file and its options and flags.
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Message 49481 - Posted: 3 Jun 2013, 3:39:28 UTC - in response to Message 49475.  
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Use the <ncpus>N</ncpus> option in cc_config.xml
This emulates that you have more cores than you actually have. A value of <ncpus>4</ncpus> will run 4 tasks at a time, even on a 2 core CPU.

See http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration for more information about the cc_config.xml file and its options and flags.



thanks, and I have read somewhere that there is a configuration that how much each task can used CPU time as I think,Is that true? for example if I want to adjust that each job utilize only 50% of each CPU time how can I do that?

And one more thing, Is it possible to set the ncpu at the run time?
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Message 49485 - Posted: 3 Jun 2013, 11:16:09 UTC - in response to Message 49481.  
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thanks, and I have read somewhere that there is a configuration that how much each task can used CPU time as I think,Is that true? for example if I want to adjust that each job utilize only 50% of each CPU time how can I do that?

Set it through a project's account->computing preferences->CPU time, or edit global_prefs.xml, value <cpu_usage_limit/>

And one more thing, Is it possible to set the ncpu at the run time?

When using <ncpus/> you need to exit & restart BOINC for it to use this value, so it's always used at the start of run time.

Apropos, see this thread for a discussion on what's used best, global_prefs.xml or global_prefs_override.xml
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