CPU time/ time to completion doesn't reflect real time
1 Oct 2007 21:17:17 UTC
Topic 193194
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I have a project running in High Priority Mode and I am concerned that the time to completion will exceed the project deadline. I am currently not running any other work and the computer is dedicated to compleating your assignment, but I notice that it is showing that I have 67+ hours to go, 62% progress, and 92+ hours of CPU time used with a deadline of 10/6/2007. The CPU is set to run at 90% while inactive yet it seems that I only get something like 12 hours processed for 24. Your project is all the computer is working on. Time to completion goes up and down like a yo-yo. Any suggestions?
CPU time/ time to completion doesn't reflect real time
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Your computing time seems excessive, even for an AMD K7 Athlon (I've got an AMD Athlon 800 myself and it should need no more than 100 h in total).
Here's some advise:
1)Disable the Einstein@Home Screensaver. It can be quite CPU hungry on older systems and is "only" eye-candy, it it not directly related to the scientific computations going on in the background.
2) If your computer isn't used for anything else, configure your preferences to allow E@H to run always (it will still only use idle-cycles as determined by the Operating system, Windows in your case), and give it 100% of the CPU.
It's normal that the "estimated time to completion" is jumping around quite a lot, especially on slower PC.
Following 1) and 2) should enable your PC to meet the deadline with ease.
Happy crunching
H-BE
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Well, I tried everything that you suggested and I still have some 16+ hours to go untill it finishes. Deadline for this is in about another minute.
Thanks anyway, just thought I would get back and let you know how things went.
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Sorry to hear that. However, your wingmen have also failed to file results in time, so if your PC can submit within the next 16 hours you would very likely get credits!
CU
H-BE