Posts by Troy Mass

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Lost progress after closing BOINC (Message 42499)
Posted 9 Feb 2012 by Troy Mass
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When I exit the BOINC manager and stop running applications(File -> exit -> stop running applications), and then reopen the manager, I have lost progress on my running tasks. The percent complete has dropped down, but the elapsed time remains the same. However, it seams to regain progress much quicker than normal. Additionally, the estimated time remaining drops rapidly (by 15-30 second increments).
Is BOINC not saving progress properly, or is it required to verify things before continuing?
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Feature Suggestions (Message 42353)
Posted 29 Jan 2012 by Troy Mass
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1. I see how the cpu meter could be a bit more work. However it could be done. Unfortunately those tools you suggested are only for windows, not linux.

2. Task info is the item on this list that I really am looking for. Is there somewhere else I should suggest this? Perhaps on each of the projects forums that I process jobs for?

3. I've already looked at my past tasks on the individual websites. It just seams obvious to put it all in 1 place in the manager app. Then I don't have to check all 6 of my project sites. But now that you are saying there is so much inconsistency in the databases, I'm not sure if this is possible unless the BOINC manager logs stuff itself.

4. I hope they do implement some sort of more technical number to show me how much processing I'm doing.

5. Those config options are really neat and I will have to play with them a bit. But in addition, I think a simple one-click-does-all button to limit/stop processing would be great. I know I can suspend processing on the activity menu. But I would like to just reduce it while doing things, not totally kill it. It would also be nice to have the button in the task bar menu for quick access.

Thanks for the quick reply
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Feature Suggestions (Message 42319)
Posted 28 Jan 2012 by Troy Mass
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Oh and one more suggestion. A temporary speed limits option. That way if I want to watch a movie or play a game, I can restrict BIONIC jobs until I'm done.
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Feature Suggestions (Message 42318)
Posted 28 Jan 2012 by Troy Mass
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I've been using BIONIC manager for a while now and have found a few features that would be helpful in addition to those which have already been suggested.

1. cpu/gpu meter. Have a meter built in on a separate tab that can track cpu, gpu, ram usage as well as hardware temperatures. Also, a preference that can slow/stop processing if temperatures get too high.

2. Task Info. It would be nice to have another meta data field that allows projects to post a quick summary of what each specific process task is. Something like "Computing prime numbers in the range x to y". I'm not sure if all projects would post this information, but it would be nice to see if some would. I like to know where my power is going specifically.

3. Previous tasks. Have an option in the tasks page that shows completed tasks. Don't keep all of the data from the task on disk, but just the meta data and perhaps a completion report.

4. Compute hours. Showing me how many credits I've earned per task is great because I can see what projects my power is going to. But credits seam to be somewhat an arbitrary number. I would love to also be able to see some more technical number. Something like FLOPS, or CPU hours, or CPU cycles.




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