Why is Einstein reporting only .9 processors on my account?
26 Feb 2024 2:54:51 UTC
Topic 230804
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Einstein is showing only .9 processors on my account. First, what does .9 mean?
Second, Einstein was installed with default configuration. No other project is reporting this. Other projects are reporting 8 processors.
Please explain.
Thanks.
Richard Mitnick
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When I look at your computer it says this:
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700 @ 2.50GHz [Family 6 Model 167 Stepping 1]
(16 processors)
So Einstein sees 16 available cpu cores.
Richard Mitnick
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Where do you see this? I'm guessing you're looking at the resources used by particular tasks - perhaps something like fractional cpu + fractional gpu required. These are simply estimates to be used by the client in deciding the mix of tasks that can be run. Your CPU shows as having 8 cores / 16 threads so BOINC will use the estimates for each different search to work out suitable mix of tasks for the available resources.
The BOINC client detects your hardware, not Einstein. All projects will use whatever is detected by BOINC. Maybe other projects you are running don't make fractional use of CPU hardware to support GPU tasks. I'm guessing you are referring to what is displayed in the Manager for each GPU task where fractional use of both CPU and GPU resources is possible.
Cheers,
Gary.
You're referring to what the
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You're referring to what the Manager shows for one of your gpu tasks.
The project app developers make that decision on how much cpu support a gpu task needs.
It is set in the work generation task profile by the devs.
The BRP7 gpu tasks need very little cpu support when running.