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Welcome to the Solar Eclipse 2015 ChallengeThis is the second Primegrid challenge of 2015, and since this belong to the 2015 challenge series, all contribution will count trough the year. Our team made it to 6th place last year, and when we look trough who we was up against, I think we did nothing less than fantastic Also I'd like to congratulate geos52 for landing at 16th for individuals. Now for the Solar Eclipse. This will run from Mar 15th to Mar 20th, it will start 07:41 and end 07:41 UTC. Watch the counter on their page for exact time. This time we are about to run SR5-LLR's, on the PG preference page, they claim prox 8hrs average run time. However, I just downloaded one batch of those and my i7 4960x estimated 3hrs. In general, Primegrid always recommend running LLR's with Hyper threading off for those who have this feature on their cpu. My own experience is that the benefit with running HT/ Off is marginal, but the cpu run's cooler. This tend to vary from each computer, so you should test this for on your own rig. Since we may have some new ones with us, I'll take us trough the PG preferences, to ensure we got the right work units. The screenie below show the first settings to look at. Here I have selected "Use CPU" only, because the SR5 LLR is a cpu only project. Also you will notice I have not put any value in the "resource share" box. Blank value here means zero. I do this because if I set this to 100, I will be flooded with wu's, and perhaps not be able to get them done by time. When this value is set to zero or blank, PG will feed wu's as they are done, practically no wu's in queue. This is also useful when testing, and you want to empty the queue asap. Notice, if you have other projects running simultaneous, and the other project is set to 100, then that other project will have resource priority over this, and they will not run until they reach the limit for time out, and enter high priority (panic mode). So for selecting the right work unit for this challenge. This box checked in the preference page, is the only box to be checked. In this section they have also highlighted that this project is the one for The Solar Eclipse Challenge. When you have edited your preference page, it should look like this: Remember, for the points to count for this challenge, the work units must be downloaded AFTER THE CHALLENGE HAS STARTED, and delivered BEFORE THE CHALLENGE HAS ENDED. The workunits will not be counted for challenge wise if downloaded before the challenge, so no "bunkering". You will get your points, but they will not be counted for in the challenge. So, good luck everyone, and may the best team win, EVGA of course
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 19:23:59
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Has anyone else had any issues with the WUs? I turned on the project and had 3 boxes lock up the next day.. I believe my issue was I had 3 USB flash drive (my OS drive) fail to read-only mode at the same time.. I'm just recovering from it.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 19:35:36
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Here is the performance numbers I'm see so far: PrimeGrid 6.24 Sierpinski/Riesel Base 5 Problem (LLR) Box Elapsed Time Amd 6176se 2.713Ghz - 10:42:23 (11:11:50) i7-4770K - 12:02:09 (11:15:19) Amd 6172 2.383Ghz - 13:45:27 (13:45:28) i7-920 - 18:25:26 (17:09:12)
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 19:45:10
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I'm interested in set a max CPU usage for this project, it doesn't appear to be working. What am I doing wrong? horde@fah21:/var/lib/boinc-client/projects/www.primegrid.com$ sudo cat app_config.xml <app_config> <app> <name>period_search</name> <max_concurrent>24</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config>
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 19:51:07
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 20:06:27
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bowlinra I'm interested in set a max CPU usage for this project, it doesn't appear to be working. What am I doing wrong?
horde@fah21:/var/lib/boinc-client/projects/www.primegrid.com$ sudo cat app_config.xml <app_config> <app> <name>period_search</name> <max_concurrent>24</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config>
Are you wanting to just limit number of work units from the project or for just this specific sub project? If you just want to limit the number of work units from PrimeGrid and freeing up cores for other projects, then you can just do an app_config with this structure last I knew. (N is the number of desired work units) <app_config> <project_max_concurrent>N</project_max_concurrent> </app_config> Well.. it is if you are using BOINC v. 7.4.9 or newer... Otherwise, <app_config> <app> <name>name</name> <max_concurrent>N</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config> should be the standard setup.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 20:28:29
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cuarc001 Are you wanting to just limit number of work units from the project or for just this specific sub project? If you just want to limit the number of work units from PrimeGrid and freeing up cores for other projects, then you can just do an app_config with this structure last I knew. (N is the number of desired work units) Otherwise, <app_config> <app> <name>name</name> <max_concurrent>N</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config> should be the standard setup.
Use client 7.0.65.. I would like to limit the number of Project WU to 24.. What is the "name" of the for the PrimeGrid Solar Challenge project? thou I would be interested in the information on how to limit sub-projects.. Also If I make changes to the file, How is it reread by the service?
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 20:28:53
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bowlinra I'm interested in set a max CPU usage for this project, it doesn't appear to be working. What am I doing wrong?
horde@fah21:/var/lib/boinc-client/projects/www.primegrid.com$ sudo cat app_config.xml <app_config> <app> <name>period_search</name> <max_concurrent>24</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config>
Oh...and by the way... period_search is not a primegrid app... that is for Asteroids@home...
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 20:33:44
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Use client 7.0.65.. I would like to limit the number of Project WU to 24.. What is the "name" of the for the PrimeGrid Solar Challenge project? thou I would be interested in the information on how to limit sub-projects.. Also If I make changes to the file, How is it reread by the service? This challenge is for the Sierpinski/Riesel Base 5 Problem (LLR) v6.24 only. However, I'm not entirely positive on how it should be written int he app_config Older clients may not have the option to re-read the config file while BOINC is running. You may need to restart BOINC to do it. Newer clients have the option to to re-read the config files under Advanced view, advanced, Read config files.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 20:45:42
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Try <app_config> <app> <name>llrSR5</name> <max_concurrent>N</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config>
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 20:46:06
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Ok, here what I'm now trying (different box) Limited to 16 WU / cores. horde@fah24:/var/lib/boinc-client/projects/www.primegrid.com$ sudo ls -l total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 boinc boinc 127 Mar 12 21:41 app_config.xml horde@fah24:/var/lib/boinc-client/projects/www.primegrid.com$ sudo cat app_config.xml <app_config> <app> <name>Sierpinski / Riesel Base 5 LLR (SR5)</name> <max_concurrent>16</max_concurrent> </app> </app_config>
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/12 21:09:08
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I'm thinking your has much better chance of working. Switched over too. <name>llrSR5</name> Having a hardtime testing.. Take forever for the USB flash drive to catch-up on restart.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 05:16:35
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bowlinra I'm thinking your has much better chance of working. Switched over too. <name>llrSR5</name> Having a hardtime testing.. Take forever for the USB flash drive to catch-up on restart.
Yeah... folding rigs weren't well designed well for many other DC projects. I avoid the thumb drives just due to quality.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 09:34:00
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So my testing @ 4400MHz on the i7-5960X is about 2 Hours. HT is Disabled.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 10:36:19
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bcavnaugh So my testing @ 4400MHz on the i7-5960X is about 2 Hours. HT is Disabled.
That's real good time. On my aging HW, 1) 2600k @ 3.7 GHz I was seeing 8.5-9.5 hrs with HT enabled and just under 4 to just over 5 hrs with HT disabled. 2) 2500k @ 4.0 GHz was right around 4 hrs. 3) Other 2600k @ 4.4 GHz, 1 wu finished @ 6:40 and the rest took 7.5-8.5 with HT enabled and about 3.5 with HT disabled. I'll be disabling HT during the challenge. Figure it's worth an extra 10-15 wu's over the 5 days.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 10:56:40
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If you guys don't mind, when posting your times could you also include: CPU and clock speed OS storage medium - SSD, Spinners (AKA traditional HDD), USB thumb drives, etc... HT on/off Whether you had other work units in progress from other projects or not at the same time RAM speeds in case someone cares to see if there is a difference This will help with some other statements that had been claimed in the PG forums about what they were seeing in regards to the HT on/off debate. Thanks
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 11:23:01
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So my testing @ 4400MHz on the i7-5960X is about 2 Hours. HT is Disabled. <-- Windows OS SSD Data SATA Ram 2666MHz Folding on Four GPUs. Some Completed Task Data: Task | Work unit | Computer *Click on Computer for Details on the Host Computer. One Valid 613549365 427280537 485100 Pending 613367511 427414610 485100613367616 427414673 485100 You ask a lot cuarc001 for someone who will not Join our Team. It is almost like giving you our Football Plays if we were going to play Football.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 11:39:33
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Naw, it is more about the facts than anything. I tend to run a wide variety of projects even during challenges so it is hard for me to get comparative numbers. I also tend to borg a lot when opportunities present themselves. So, usage and numbers can sometimes get rocky. I also don't OC, so my experiences will be different and it is nice to know if the reason someone is seeing one thing is because of a difference somewhere else. I only have one device with a SSD (laptop and no HT available), so it tends to be rough getting numbers that might incorporate that difference. So, I'm mostly on spinners. One of the recent posts that caught my eye had stated that they didn't see as much of a run time difference on rigs with SSD's by having HT on. Another post claimed that if they left HT on and ran half of their CPU on other projects at the same time that they still saw the same benefit as not having HT on at PG. So, I'm just really curious if some of this is true. I'm also one of the people whom argues the ability to "hide devices" is dumb considering I've never seen a legitimate answer as why to allow it in the first place. If anything it helps weed out cheaters by having those systems exposed. It's not like you are getting IP addresses or anything...
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 13:27:17
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I can say though that when I run PrimeGrid while Folding my PPD drops between 1000 and 2200 PPD per Running Task. I am glad they do, it lets me see what Driver users are using and the type of computer. cuarc001 I'm also one of the people whom argues the ability to "hide devices" is dumb considering I've never seen a legitimate answer as why to allow it in the first place. If anything it helps weed out cheaters by having those systems exposed. It's not like you are getting IP addresses or anything...
What I do like are the one that Hide Their Computers because they are using their Company Computers and not their own.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 14:06:01
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Well.... there isn't good proof of that anyways... I mean.. anyone can name them and some people actually do have several Mult-CPU rigs in their home. I know I'm up to 3 and may be upping that to 5 with a recent hardware acquisition (though the two new ones really aren't efficient to run now...) And then you have borgs.. I encourage borging even outside of the work place. Some people don't want to mess with it themselves but don't mind it contributing. However, they also don't want to have their emails and such attached..sometimes easier to just borg in your name and at least get the contributions...
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 14:09:30
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cuarc001 Well.... there isn't good proof of that anyways... I mean.. anyone can name them and some people actually do have several Mult-CPU rigs in their home. I know I'm up to 3 and may be upping that to 5 with a recent hardware acquisition (though the two new ones really aren't efficient to run now...) And then you have borgs.. I encourage borging even outside of the work place. Some people don't want to mess with it themselves but don't mind it contributing. However, they also don't want to have their emails and such attached..sometimes easier to just borg in your name and at least get the contributions...
One big give away is if the computer is running the Windows Enterprise Edition. I have 16 computers at home, would that make me a cheater? Borgs? Like from Star Trek?
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 14:18:16
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Borg - http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1781655Cheating is in the eye of the beholder. Some people own their business... so ... would their servers and work stations be ok? lol.. that is the point. where do we draw the line? So whether it is in your home, your job, your friends, your family, etc... it is what you are bringing to the table. So, kinda hard to really draw the line. Yeah some people have access to data centers and that sucks to compete with. So do GPU's when you invested heavily in CPU's. Should we bring up ASICs at that point? But, my point stands. I don't see any legitimate reason to hide systems. But more on the point, I think seeing specs and sharing those with numbers helps others and helps science as people see that they are under producing and can fix the issue. I am not a horder of knowledge. As you can see from my participation in multiple forums... lol
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 14:21:29
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cuarc001 Borg - http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1781655 Cheating is in the eye of the beholder. Some people own their business... so ... would their servers and work stations be ok? lol.. that is the point. where do we draw the line? So whether it is in your home, your job, your friends, your family, etc... it is what you are bringing to the table. So, kinda hard to really draw the line. Yeah some people have access to data centers and that sucks to compete with. So do GPU's when you invested heavily in CPU's. Should we bring up ASICs at that point? But, my point stands. I don't see any legitimate reason to hide systems. But more on the point, I think seeing specs and sharing those with numbers helps others and helps science as people see that they are under producing and can fix the issue. I am not a horder of knowledge. As you can see from my participation in multiple forums... lol
I would call that Cheating then and when it comes to business they need to have their Own Teams. Remember that on our Team ASICs Crunching was move into a different team name to keep it real. The Point that is.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 14:35:31
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That's a whole different discussion...now back to the numbers :D
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 15:49:28
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How do I set up things to work my CPUs on this challenge but my GPUs on GPUGrid, POEM or Folding? I am confused in the code lines? Are these put into BOINC? In Windows? Somewhere else? Sorry to be such a nob but I really want to do better this year. Thanks.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 16:40:45
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Grey_Beard How do I set up things to work my CPUs on this challenge but my GPUs on GPUGrid, POEM or Folding? I am confused in the code lines? Are these put into BOINC? In Windows? Somewhere else? Sorry to be such a nob but I really want to do better this year. Thanks.
I believe you need to log into your Prime Grid account and select the parameters in Orange's first post. This will get you into this challenge. Once done then you should be able to use your GPU's for other things.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 17:06:21
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Grey_Beard How do I set up things to work my CPUs on this challenge but my GPUs on GPUGrid, POEM or Folding? I am confused in the code lines? Are these put into BOINC? In Windows? Somewhere else? Sorry to be such a nob but I really want to do better this year. Thanks.
As Viper said, the settings Orange posted above insures no GPU work from PrimeGrid. Therefore if you are also attached to other GPU projects, they will continue to pull GPU work as well per those project settings. You just need to make sure you don't have your settings at those projects set to send CPU work too. The app_config files above are more for limiting the number of work units a system will run in specific ways. Thus if you wanted to never run more than 4 WCG MCM work units on a i7 920, that would allow you to force BOINC to only allow that many from WCG while you can run other projects on the rest. The logic behind this is that some projects have issues with multiple work units on a rig. Like WCG CEP2 that is very IO intensive. Recently LHC Six Track had heavy IO's. Some people need to restrict how many work units from the virtualbox based projects due to RAM requirements... etc...
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 17:36:11
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cuarc001
Grey_Beard How do I set up things to work my CPUs on this challenge but my GPUs on GPUGrid, POEM or Folding? I am confused in the code lines? Are these put into BOINC? In Windows? Somewhere else? Sorry to be such a nob but I really want to do better this year. Thanks.
As Viper said, the settings Orange posted above insures no GPU work from PrimeGrid. Therefore if you are also attached to other GPU projects, they will continue to pull GPU work as well per those project settings. You just need to make sure you don't have your settings at those projects set to send CPU work too. The app_config files above are more for limiting the number of work units a system will run in specific ways. Thus if you wanted to never run more than 4 WCG MCM work units on a i7 920, that would allow you to force BOINC to only allow that many from WCG while you can run other projects on the rest. The logic behind this is that some projects have issues with multiple work units on a rig. Like WCG CEP2 that is very IO intensive. Recently LHC Six Track had heavy IO's. Some people need to restrict how many work units from the virtualbox based projects due to RAM requirements... etc...
Thanks. No reason to limit things now, as I have all i7 4960X's in my rigs at the moment with no OC. I have various RAM speeds too, as two rigs are 1866, one is 2133. Not sure if the amount of RAM matters more than the speed, but one is 64GB and two are 32GB. All three have BOINC loaded on an SSD. I will run times tomorrow. For folding, can you stop the CPU tasks and let just the GPU items run? I am getting very low CPU points and would prefer to just use the GPU. Thanks again for the help.
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 17:38:41
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I'm not fluent in FAH settings and clients, but there is a way to limit it. However, folks will probably want to know which FAH client you are running...
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Re: Prime Grid's Solar Eclipse 2015 Challenge
2015/03/13 18:05:35
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Grey_Beard For folding, can you stop the CPU tasks and let just the GPU items run? I am getting very low CPU points and would prefer to just use the GPU.
Thanks again for the help.
Certainly can. You can delete the CPU and or GPU from the folding client. I do believe, I could right click on the CPU, GPU area and select delete. You can also do that in Advanced Setup if I recall but I am a tad rusty on that.
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