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1) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114358
Posted 26 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
This has been cold start tested
and it works for me -

app_config.xml for Einstein@home:
<app_config>

  <app_version>
    <app_name>einstein_O3AS</app_name>
    <plan_class>GW-opencl-nvidia-2</plan_class>
    <avg_ncpus>1</avg_ncpus>
  </app_version>

</app_config>

6 CPUs
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running (1 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)         All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

I'm certain that setup is more efficient now. Thank you very much Richard. I could never have done it without your help and encouragement.

Now, because I've reduced the number of days' work I request in order to stop missing a deadline that in turn causes an override of my CPUs preferences by the scheduler to try to get it done in time, I doubt I'll get any long LHC jobs now.
Unless I manually stop Einstein from getting new tasks now and again. But that's OK.

Thank you. Thank you.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114356
Posted 26 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Neither worked.
Having a go with unverified success - but in an hour I'll know more.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114354
Posted 26 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
OK
MeerKATs aside...

With the app_config.xml I posted,
I just got some GPU tasks and they look like this -

Einstein@home   Ready to start (1 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)        All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

Out of curiosity I'll let it run a few before trying your version.
The small litter of MeerKATs have yet to finish...
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114350
Posted 26 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Thanks that's great.

So with just

<app_config>
  <app>
    <name>einstein_O3AS</name>
    <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
    <cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
  </app>
</app_config>

I still got

Einstein@home | Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)     | All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)     | h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_5839_2

So I expanded the

app_config.xml for Einstein@home:
<app_config>

  <!-- All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2) -->
  <!-- (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU) default -->
  <!-- make it use 1 CPUs -->
  <app>
    <name>einstein_O3AS</name>
    <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
    <cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage>
  </app>
  <app_version>
    <app_name>einstein_O3AS</app_name>
    <plan_class>GW-opencl-nvidia-2</plan_class>
    <avg_ncpus>1</avg_ncpus>
    <ngpus>1</ngpus>
    <cmdline>--nthreads 1</cmdline>
  </app_version>

</app_config>


"I think" I momentarily got

Einstein@home | Running (1 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)             | All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2) | h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_5839_2

before it was kicked -

Einstein@home | Computation error (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU) | All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2) | h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_5839_2

Event log:
Einstein@Home | 26/07/2024 15:05:04 | project resumed by user
Einstein@Home | 26/07/2024 15:05:07 | Computation for task h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_5839_2 finished
Einstein@Home | 26/07/2024 15:05:07 | Output file h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_5839_2_1 for task h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_5839_2 absent

Sorry about that - I should have been quicker to observe.

And just by chance there were no more GPU apps in the queue.

So - "Allow new tasks" got me -

Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            p2030.20200310.G200.41-00.24.C.b2s0g0.00000_1336_2
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)                               LATeah2102F_1048.0_291588_0.0_0

Einstein@home   Running (0.2 CPUs + 0.33 NVIDIA GPUs)   Binary Radio Pulsar Search (MeerKAT) 0.12 (BRP7-cuda55)                 Ter5_1_dns_cfbf00021_segment_6_dms_200_40000_156_7250000_1
Einstein@home   Running (0.2 CPUs + 0.33 NVIDIA GPUs)   Binary Radio Pulsar Search (MeerKAT) 0.12 (BRP7-cuda55)                 Ter5_1_dns_cfbf00021_segment_6_dms_200_40000_156_7400000_0
Einstein@home   Running (0.2 CPUs + 0.33 NVIDIA GPUs)   Binary Radio Pulsar Search (MeerKAT) 0.12 (BRP7-cuda55)                 Ter5_1_dns_cfbf00021_segment_6_dms_200_40000_156_6950000_1

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)

.... LOL
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114346
Posted 25 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
And, after a few hours with "Won't get new tasks" for both projects:

6.9 CPUs
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)


And the "CPU Scheduler Debug" output:
 1                  | 25/07/2024 21:56:16 | [cpu_sched_debug] Request CPU reschedule: Core client configuration
 2                  | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] schedule_cpus(): start
 3  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] reserving 1.000000 of coproc NVIDIA
 4  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: h1_1553.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1554.00Hz_56530_0 (NVIDIA GPU, FIFO) (prio -2.467535)
 5  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.021643)
 6  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.569635)
 7  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.570041)
 8  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.570446)
 9  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200310.G200.41-00.24.C.b2s0g0.00000_1336_2 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.570851)
10  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: LATeah2102F_1048.0_291588_0.0_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.571256)
11  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: LATeah2102F_1048.0_291544_0.0_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.571661)
12                  | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] enforce_run_list(): start
13                  | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] preliminary job list:
14  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 0: h1_1553.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1554.00Hz_56530_0 (0.90 CPU + 1.00 NVIDIA GPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
15  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 1: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (4.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
16  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 2: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
17  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 3: p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
18  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 4: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
19  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 5: p2030.20200310.G200.41-00.24.C.b2s0g0.00000_1336_2 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
20  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 6: LATeah2102F_1048.0_291588_0.0_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
21  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 7: LATeah2102F_1048.0_291544_0.0_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
22                  | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] final job list:
23  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 0: h1_1553.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1554.00Hz_56530_0 (0.90 CPU + 1.00 NVIDIA GPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
24  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 1: p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
25  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 2: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (4.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
26  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 3: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
27  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 4: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
28  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 5: p2030.20200310.G200.41-00.24.C.b2s0g0.00000_1336_2 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
29  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 6: LATeah2102F_1048.0_291588_0.0_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
30  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] 7: LATeah2102F_1048.0_291544_0.0_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
31  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling h1_1553.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1554.00Hz_56530_0
32  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0
33  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0
34  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0
35  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0
36  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping p2030.20200310.G200.41-00.24.C.b2s0g0.00000_1336_2
37  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping LATeah2102F_1048.0_291588_0.0_0
38  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping LATeah2102F_1048.0_291544_0.0_0
39                  | 25/07/2024 21:56:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] enforce_run_list: end
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114344
Posted 25 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
OK - Thank you.

I adjusted "Options -> Computing preferences".

They were:

Store at least [2] days and up to an additional [1] days of work.

Changed to:

Store at least [1] days and up to an additional [1] days of work.

This produced:

6.9 CPUs OK
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

LHC@home        Running                                 Theory Simulation 300.30 (vbox64_theory)
LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)

and the "CPU Scheduler Debug" output:

1                   | 25/07/2024 14:41:17 | [cpu_sched_debug] Request CPU reschedule: Core client configuration
2                   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] schedule_cpus(): start
3   Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] thrashing prevention: mark p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 as deadline miss
4   Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] thrashing prevention: mark p2030.20200310.G200.41-00.24.C.b2s0g0.00000_1336_2 as deadline miss
5   Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] reserving 1.000000 of coproc NVIDIA
6   Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40749_0 (NVIDIA GPU, FIFO) (prio -2.467961)
7   LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: Theory_2743-2829666-331_1 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.021359)
8   LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.021629)
9   LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: Theory_2743-2790498-325_2 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.022710)
10  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: Theory_2743-2790649-331_1 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.022980)
11  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.570062)
12  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.570467)
13  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -2.570872)
14                  | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] enforce_run_list(): start
15                  | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] preliminary job list:
16  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 0: h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40749_0 (0.90 CPU + 1.00 NVIDIA GPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
17  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 1: Theory_2743-2829666-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
18  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 2: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (4.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
19  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 3: Theory_2743-2790498-325_2 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
20  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 4: Theory_2743-2790649-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
21  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 5: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
22  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 6: p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
23  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 7: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
24                  | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] final job list:
25  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 0: h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40749_0 (0.90 CPU + 1.00 NVIDIA GPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
26  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 1: Theory_2743-2829666-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
27  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 2: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
28  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 3: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (4.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
29  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 4: Theory_2743-2790498-325_2 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
30  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 5: Theory_2743-2790649-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
31  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 6: p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
32  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] 7: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
33  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40749_0
34  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling Theory_2743-2829666-331_1
35  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0
36  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0
37  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping Theory_2743-2790498-325_2
38  LHC@home        | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping Theory_2743-2790649-331_1
39  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0
40  Einstein@Home   | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (6.90 >= 6), skipping p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0
41                  | 25/07/2024 14:41:18 | [cpu_sched_debug] enforce_run_list: end
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114342
Posted 25 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Current:
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)
6 jobs -using- 8.9 CPUs.
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114340
Posted 25 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
 1                 | 25/07/2024 13:09:12 | [cpu_sched_debug] Request CPU reschedule: Core client configuration
 2                 | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] schedule_cpus(): start
 3  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] domino prevention: mark p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 as deadline miss
 4  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] domino prevention: mark p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 as deadline miss
 5  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] domino prevention: mark p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 as deadline miss
 6  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] domino prevention: mark p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 as deadline miss
 7  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] reserving 1.000000 of coproc NVIDIA
 8  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40741_0 (NVIDIA GPU, FIFO) (prio -2.468008)
 9  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (CPU, EDF) (prio -2.570108)
10  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (CPU, EDF) (prio -2.570513)
11  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (CPU, EDF) (prio -2.570918)
12  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.021328)
13  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: Theory_2743-2829666-331_1 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.022409)
14  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: Theory_2743-2790498-325_2 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.022679)
15  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] add to run list: Theory_2743-2790649-331_1 (CPU, FIFO) (prio -0.022949)
16                 | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] enforce_run_list(): start
17                 | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] preliminary job list:
18  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 0: h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40741_0 (0.90 CPU + 1.00 NVIDIA GPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
19  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 1: p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: yes; UTS: no)
20  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 2: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: yes; UTS: no)
21  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 3: p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: yes; UTS: yes)
22  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 4: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (4.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
23  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 5: Theory_2743-2829666-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
24  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 6: Theory_2743-2790498-325_2 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
25  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 7: Theory_2743-2790649-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
26                 | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] final job list:
27  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 0: p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: yes; UTS: yes)
28  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 1: p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: yes; UTS: no)
29  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 2: p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: yes; UTS: no)
30  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 3: h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40741_0 (0.90 CPU + 1.00 NVIDIA GPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
31  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 4: p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: yes)
32  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 5: CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0 (4.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
33  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 6: Theory_2743-2829666-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
34  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 7: Theory_2743-2790498-325_2 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
35  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] 8: Theory_2743-2790649-331_1 (1.00 CPU; MD: no; UTS: no)
36  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G199.24-00.53.S.b6s0g0.00000_3296_0 (high priority)
37  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G185.10-00.34.C.b6s0g0.00000_1272_0 (high priority)
38  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G185.36+00.11.C.b0s0g0.00000_664_0 (high priority)
39  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling h1_1551.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1552.00Hz_40741_0
40  Einstein@Home  | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling p2030.20200319.G199.60+00.17.S.b4s0g0.00000_1744_0
41  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] scheduling CMS_167286_1721823814.462743_0
42  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (8.90 >= 6), skipping Theory_2743-2829666-331_1
43  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (8.90 >= 6), skipping Theory_2743-2790498-325_2
44  LHC@home       | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] all CPUs used (8.90 >= 6), skipping Theory_2743-2790649-331_1
45                 | 25/07/2024 13:09:13 | [cpu_sched_debug] enforce_run_list: end
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114338
Posted 25 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
The new set up initially showed a good range of tasks.
I let BOINC run for 8 hours and:

Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)

9.9 of 8 CPUs - not the desired 6.9 of 8 CPUs.


Windows Task Manager shows:

The LHC CMS is using 4 cores. OK

The Einstein GPU task is using 1 core. OK

The 5 Einstein BRP4X64's are sharing the remaining 3 cores.

9.9 of 8 CPUs
It seems that BOINC sees the LHC CMS 4 CPU task as just 1 CPU job.
10) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114337
Posted 25 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy

Thank you!

That runs with no warning notices.
11) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114323
Posted 24 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Had a go -
app_config.xml for LHC@home:
<app_config>

  <project_max_concurrent>4</project_max_concurrent>

  <app>
    <name>ATLAS</name>
    <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
  </app>
  <app_version>
    <app_name>ATLAS</app_name>
    <plan_class>mt</plan_class>
    <avg_ncpus>4</avg_ncpus>
    <cmdline>--nthreads 4</cmdline>
  </app_version>

  <app>
    <name>CMS</name>
    <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
  </app>
  <app_version>
    <app_name>CMS</app_name>
    <plan_class>mt</plan_class>
    <avg_ncpus>4</avg_ncpus>
    <cmdline>--nthreads 4</cmdline>
  </app_version>

  <app>
    <name>Theory</name>
    <max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent>
  </app>

</app_config>

Started BOINC suspended.

Event Log:
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | Found app_config.xml
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | Entry in app_config.xml for app 'ATLAS', plan class 'mt' doesn't match any app versions
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | Entry in app_config.xml for app 'CMS', plan class 'mt' doesn't match any app versions
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | Max 4 concurrent jobs
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | ATLAS: Max 1 concurrent jobs
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | Theory: Max 4 concurrent jobs
24/07/2024 13:06:02 | LHC@home | CMS: Max 1 concurrent jobs


The ATLAS & CMS notices.
What does it mean?
They are multi thread jobs:

ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)
CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)

That's what the "mt" in the application name means...

Test it by running.
Resume LHC@home first.

24/07/2024 13:16:20 | LHC@home | project resumed by user

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)
This job was downloaded as a 4 thread task.

OK


Resume Einstein@home -

24/07/2024 13:22:25 | Einstein@Home | project resumed by user

Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)

OK

6.9 CPUs total.

Windows Task Manager registers 93% of CPUs in use. (6.9 CPUs is 86.25% - the ~7% is OS backgound tasks)

It runs.
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114322
Posted 24 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
That would be nice, thank you Richard.

My most prominent problem is with the LHC@home virtual machines:

All the LHC@home tasks are Linux native. To run them on Windows they need a Linux "virtual machine".
My Windows 10 box is (mostly) ten year old hardware. This may or may not be a factor in why it struggles to start and stop these vm's - there are newer CPUs with special faculties for virtualisation.

My CPU:
Processor: i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz [Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3] (4th Gen Hyper-Threading CPU 2014)
Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx avx2 vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase bmi1 smep bmi2

32 GB DDR3 RAM
2 TB SSD

The symptoms are excessive Windows system disk access - especially immediately after stopping a vm. I have to wait 90s for it to subside. If I stop two at once they get knotted.

The solution I'm using is to stop/start each task manually. But this takes time and patience.

So I use the preferences to limit the total number of CPUs and an app_config.xml to limit the number of LHC@home vm tasks running concurrently:

app_config.xml for LHC@home:
<app_config>
  <app>
    <name>CMS</name>
    <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
  </app>
  <app>
    <name>Theory</name>
    <max_concurrent>3</max_concurrent>
  </app>
</app_config>

Simply so the mannual control takes less time...



Can this be improved?

Looking at the app_config.xml manual, I fear that lengthy testing needs to be done to find the best setup.

At first glance, useful additional elements seem to be

<app_config>
  <project_max_concurrent>4</project_max_concurrent>            <!-- 4 tasks - easier to start/stop manually -->
and
  <app_version>
    <app_name>CMS</app_name>
    <cmdline>--nthreads 4</cmdline>                             <!-- leaves space for other tasks to run -->

I've also heard rumours about an automatic script that starts/stops LHC tasks in a timed fashion.
13) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114320
Posted 23 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
And curiously, with 75% (6) CPUs set in the local preferences, newly downloaded multi-thread (mt) tasks are still being assigned only 4 cores:
LHC@home        Ready to start (4 CPUs)                 CMS Simulation 70.30 (vbox64_mt_mcore_cms)

Confession:
I have since changed local and web preferences to 75% (6) CPUs.
My buffer's full - I'm going to let it run.
14) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114319
Posted 23 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
With only Einstein CPU tasks running:

Changed the local preferences from 50% (4) CPUs to 75% (6) of the CPUs.

Immediately 6 tasks running:
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)

Resumed LHC:
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Waiting to run                          Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Waiting to run                          Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Waiting to run                          Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Waiting to run                          Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)

The previously downloaded LHC mt task is still using only 4 CPUs.

It seems this is because I downloaded that LHC mt task earlier,
when the preferences were set to use 50% (4) CPUs
and BOINC permanently assigned 4 CPUs to the mt task then.

To demonstrate; after I changed the preferences to use 37.5% (3) CPUs:
LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)
Windows Task Manager registers 4 CPUs in use.

And 75% (6) CPUs:
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)
Einstein@home   Running                                 Gamma-ray pulsar search #5 1.08 (FGRPSSE)

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)
Windows Task Manager registers 6 CPUs in use.
15) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114316
Posted 22 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Testing -

Initial conditions:
Preferences set to use 62.5% (5) of the CPUs.
There are no LHC tasks in the queue.
5 CPU & 1 GPU Einstein tasks running.  OK


Downloaded 1 LHC ATLAS mt task.
It did not start.
OK


To test:
Change the number of CPUs used.
I made a mistake - I meant to set the CPUs to 50% (4) immediately
- but only set the "When computer is not in use" to 50% of CPUs.
There was no immediate change.

But the next step -

Restart BOINC, (no strays) with "When computer is in use" still (ignorantly) set to 62.5% (5) of the CPUs

showed these results:

3 CPU & 1 GPU Einstein tasks running   3.9 CPUs
1 CPU ATLAS mt LHC task running        5.0 CPUs
8.9 CPUs - and where I spotted my "in use/not in use" preferences mistake.

Windows Task Manager showing 100% in use:
The LHC mt task is using 62~63% (5 CPUs) with the other 3.9 CPU tasks vying for the remaining ~37% (3) of the CPUs.



Further Tests:
I suspended the LHC@home project
and
5.9 CPUs running Einstein.  OK

I set the Local Preferences to use 50% (4) of the CPUs "When computer is in use".
Immediately -
4.9 CPUs running Einstein.  OK

Windows Task Manager showing ~67% in use.  (~7% is average OS background task noise)



More tests:
Resumed LHC

Result:
LHC mt did not start -      OK
4.9 CPUs running Einstein.  OK -

Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)       

LHC@home        Waiting to run (4 CPUs)                 ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)                           



Even More Tests:
After ~90 minutes of (the above) stability -
I set both the Local Preferences to use 62.5% (5) of the CPUs.

Result:
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)       

LHC@home        Running (4 CPUs)                        ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)   

A total of 8.9 CPUs.

But looking at the "Details" pane of Windows Task Manager -

The LHC mt task is using 62~63% (5 CPUs ????).
The Einstein GPU task uses 12% (1) CPUs.
The 4 remaining Einstein tasks are scratching around with 25% (2) CPUs.

In reality 9.9 CPU tasks total.

************
NOTE
Running in this state for 5:30 hours produced -
Further Observations with the Windows Task Manager
--------------------
The LHC mt task has now reduced to ~50% (4) CPUs.  (Despite the Local Preferences set to use 62.5% (5) of the CPUs.)
The Einstein GPU task still uses ~12% (1) CPUs.
The 4 remaining Einstein tasks are sharing ~36% (3) CPUs.
Which all adds up to 8.9 CPU tasks on 8 CPUs.
Windows Task Manager registers 100% of CPUs in use.
************

I suspended the Einstein@home project
and the LHC mt is still running with ~50% (4) CPUs. Nearly OK... Should be 5 CPUs.
16) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114312
Posted 21 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
I restarted BOINC.
It started running an LHC 5xCPU task and an Einstein GPU task that uses 0.9 CPUs.
5.9 CPUs total.
I suspended all the GPU tasks and no other tasks started.
5.0
Result!

Thank you for that.
But I still cant use the local prefs to quickly make changes if I really want to...
17) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114311
Posted 21 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Updated both project web prefs.
Appended to the Event Log
21/07/2024 21:30:41 | Einstein@Home | General prefs: using your defaults
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | Reading preferences override file
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | Preferences:
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -  When computer is in use
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     'In use' means mouse/keyboard input in last 1.00 minutes
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     max CPUs used: 5
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     Use at most 100% of the CPU time
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     max memory usage: 31.74 GB
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -  When computer is not in use
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     max CPUs used: 5
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     Use at most 100% of the CPU time
21/07/2024 21:30:41 |  | -     max memory usage: 31.74 GB
and
21/07/2024 21:31:12 | LHC@home | General prefs: using your defaults
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | Reading preferences override file
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | Preferences:
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -  When computer is in use
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     'In use' means mouse/keyboard input in last 60.00 minutes
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     max CPUs used: 5
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     Use at most 100% of the CPU time
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     max memory usage: 31.74 GB
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -  When computer is not in use
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     max CPUs used: 5
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     Use at most 100% of the CPU time
21/07/2024 21:31:12 |  | -     max memory usage: 31.74 GB
18) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114310
Posted 21 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
This is the entire Event Log of a startup with Activity suspended.
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Starting BOINC client version 8.0.2 for windows_x86_64
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, benchmark_debug, proxy_debug
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Libraries: libcurl/8.7.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Running under account Guy Ollerearnshaw
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (driver version 560.70, CUDA version 12.6, compute capability 7.5, 6144MB, 6144MB available, 6509 GFLOPS peak)
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (driver version 560.70, device version OpenCL 3.0 CUDA, 6144MB, 6144MB available, 6509 GFLOPS peak)
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | app version refers to missing GPU type intel_gpu
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | Einstein@Home | App version uses missing GPU 'intel_gpu'
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | app version refers to missing GPU type intel_gpu
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | Einstein@Home | App version uses missing GPU 'intel_gpu'
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Windows processor group 0: 8 processors
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Host name: DESKTOP-QAB8PRM
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz [Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3]
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx avx2 vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase bmi1 smep bmi2
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.19045.00)
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Memory: 31.74 GB physical, 36.49 GB virtual
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Disk: 1.82 TB total, 566.15 GB free
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Local time is UTC +1 hours
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | No WSL found.
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | VirtualBox version: 7.0.18
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | Found app_config.xml
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | Theory: Max 3 concurrent jobs
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | CMS: Max 1 concurrent jobs
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | General prefs: from LHC@home (last modified 10-Aug-2023 06:42:05)
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | Host location: none
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | General prefs: using your defaults
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Reading preferences override file
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Preferences:
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -  When computer is in use
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     'In use' means mouse/keyboard input in last 60.00 minutes
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     max CPUs used: 5
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     Use at most 100% of the CPU time
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     max memory usage: 31.74 GB
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -  When computer is not in use
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     max CPUs used: 5
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     Use at most 100% of the CPU time
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -     max memory usage: 31.74 GB
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -  Store at least 2.00 days of work
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -  Store up to an additional 0.00 days of work
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -  max disk usage: 40.00 GB
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | -  (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Setting up project and slot directories
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Checking active tasks
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | Einstein@Home | URL https://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 12910697; resource share 40
21/07/2024 21:09:56 | LHC@home | URL https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID 10730901; resource share 60
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Setting up GUI RPC socket
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Checking presence of 981 project files
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Using proxy info from GUI
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Using HTTP proxy 192.168.1.155:3128
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | Suspending computation - user request
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | [proxy] HTTP_OP::no_proxy_for_url(): https://einsteinathome.org/rss_main.php
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | [proxy] returning false
21/07/2024 21:09:56 |  | [proxy]: setting up proxy 192.168.1.155:3128
21/07/2024 21:09:57 |  | [proxy] automatic proxy check in progress
21/07/2024 21:09:57 |  | [proxy] HTTP_OP::no_proxy_for_url(): https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/notices.php?userid=95350&auth=95350_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
21/07/2024 21:09:57 |  | [proxy] returning false
21/07/2024 21:09:57 |  | [proxy]: setting up proxy 192.168.1.155:3128
19) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114308
Posted 21 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
Einstein@home   Running                                 Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo,GBT,long) 1.33 (BRP4X64)            p2030.20200310.G177.84+00.33.S.b3s0g0.00000_3680_0
Einstein@home   Running (0.9 CPUs + 1 NVIDIA GPU)       All-Sky Gravitational Wave search on O3 1.07 (GW-opencl-nvidia-2)       h1_1547.60_O3aC01Cl1In0__O3ASHF1d_1548.00Hz_28808_1

LHC@home        Running (5 CPUs)                        ATLAS Simulation 3.01 (vbox64_mt_mcore_atlas)                           1rTNDmnDYp5nsSi4ap6QjLDmwznN0nGgGQJme0FTDmtBPKDmjq3TFm_0
6.9 CPUs ~90%
20) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Use at most x% of the CPUs" not working - sometimes
Message 114307
Posted 21 Jul 2024 by ProfileGuy
global_prefs_override.xml
<global_preferences>
   <run_on_batteries>1</run_on_batteries>
   <run_if_user_active>1</run_if_user_active>
   <run_gpu_if_user_active>1</run_gpu_if_user_active>
   <suspend_if_no_recent_input>0.000000</suspend_if_no_recent_input>
   <suspend_cpu_usage>0.000000</suspend_cpu_usage>
   <start_hour>0.000000</start_hour>
   <end_hour>0.000000</end_hour>
   <net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour>
   <net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour>
   <leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory>
   <confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting>
   <hangup_if_dialed>0</hangup_if_dialed>
   <dont_verify_images>0</dont_verify_images>
   <work_buf_min_days>2.000000</work_buf_min_days>
   <work_buf_additional_days>0.000000</work_buf_additional_days>
   <max_ncpus_pct>62.500000</max_ncpus_pct>
   <niu_max_ncpus_pct>62.500000</niu_max_ncpus_pct>
   <niu_cpu_usage_limit>100.000000</niu_cpu_usage_limit>
   <niu_suspend_cpu_usage>0.000000</niu_suspend_cpu_usage>
   <cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>180.000000</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
   <disk_interval>60.000000</disk_interval>
   <disk_max_used_gb>40.000000</disk_max_used_gb>
   <disk_max_used_pct>0.000000</disk_max_used_pct>
   <disk_min_free_gb>500.000000</disk_min_free_gb>
   <vm_max_used_pct>100.000000</vm_max_used_pct>
   <ram_max_used_busy_pct>100.000000</ram_max_used_busy_pct>
   <ram_max_used_idle_pct>100.000000</ram_max_used_idle_pct>
   <max_bytes_sec_up>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_up>
   <max_bytes_sec_down>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_down>
   <cpu_usage_limit>100.000000</cpu_usage_limit>
   <daily_xfer_limit_mb>0.000000</daily_xfer_limit_mb>
   <daily_xfer_period_days>0</daily_xfer_period_days>
</global_preferences>
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