Posts by Radish

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Possible to Set BOINC Such that It Will Not Use Page File? (Message 106163)
Posted 21 Nov 2021 by Radish
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Thanks for the responses.

I have been using Windows 'Performance Monitor' to get some idea of writes to Page File and it turns out that writes are (a) rare, and (b) when they do occur, are small in size.

I also tried using a CPU stress tester program to hog the CPU, thus forcing BOINC to suspend computation. I found that even during the suspension the Page File (a) (mostly) doesn't get used, or (b) if it does get used the write is small in size.

On the basis of the two tests above I'd say that Page File usage is minimal and only occasional, so not a concern for me.

Thanks very much for the help in getting a handle on this.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Possible to Set BOINC Such that It Will Not Use Page File? (Message 106160)
Posted 20 Nov 2021 by Radish
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Only leaving applications in memory when suspended uses the page file to store the full status of the running tasks. That's CPU tasks, as GPU tasks will always leave memory no matter what state when suspended.

Okay, thanks, that sounds like a step forward.

The current setting in 'Computing preferences > Disk and Memory' is: "Leave non-GPU tasks in memory while suspended". So my question now is, what does suspended refer too? Is 'suspended' when Windows is in Sleep Mode? Or is 'suspended' when Windows is in Hibernate Mode? Or, is it both Sleep and Hibernate mode?

I have my system setup so that it will never hibernate. However, I do use sleep from time to time.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Possible to Set BOINC Such that It Will Not Use Page File? (Message 106151)
Posted 20 Nov 2021 by Radish
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It might help if you said why you want the page file to be available to other programs but not to Boinc?

In what way would that help to answer my question?

The question is straightforward; it's either possible or not possible to prevent use of the page file via some configuration setting in BOINC.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Possible to Set BOINC Such that It Will Not Use Page File? (Message 106147)
Posted 19 Nov 2021 by Radish
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BOINC 7.16.11 x64 (PortableApps)

Is there a setting that can be made for the BOINC Manager to stop it using the page file on a Windows system?

Please note that I have read this old thread from 2015 and it doesn't actually answer my question and I'm wondering if BOINC has been improved in this respect since 2015.

I am not asking about turning off my page file in Windows. I am also not asking for advice on moving the page file to another drive. I am only asking if there is a setting in BOINC that stops it from using the page file?

I did think that setting the percentage value for use of page file to 0% would prevent use, doesn't work, minimum value is 1%.




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