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Movieman
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It's English I think, meaning Factor to Correct for the [estimated] Duration [of a task] ;>). WCG with server version 700 can throw this value away and do it's own estimate of how much work any device can do in the requested amount of time, but has not set it, because ... and that bit is not mine to share, but to say that something more advanced is looked for. Client 7.x would get told to ignore the DCF too with the <dont_use_dcf> flag [device owners have no control over]. Yours FTM receives work, but effectively has taken 1.2476 longer than originally estimated [the FPOPS that were put in the task header]. Since the tasks of WCG are quite variable [non-deterministic in nature], it's rather meaningless as the next task could be much shorter again. Rule is, DCF goes up fast [to protect against overcaching], and goes down slow. Brilliant enough :? --//-- Ok, so if I get this right that DCF has no effect on the scoring but is only a "number" to prevent me from caching more work than I could do in the alloted timeframe for that work? Yes? Thanks pal..Appreciate the reply! And yes, very brilliant!   [Edit 1 times, last edit by Movieman at Jun 1, 2012 2:52:39 PM] |
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nanoprobe
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Ok, so if I get this right that DCF has no effect on the scoring but is only a "number" to prevent me from caching more work than I could do in the alloted timeframe for that work? Yes? Thanks pal..Appreciate the reply! And yes, very brilliant! You can always go into the Boinc data folder and change it.
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Movieman
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Ok, so if I get this right that DCF has no effect on the scoring but is only a "number" to prevent me from caching more work than I could do in the alloted timeframe for that work? Yes? Thanks pal..Appreciate the reply! And yes, very brilliant! You can always go into the Boinc data folder and change it. Now this made me smile! Why change it? I get plenty of work and if thats it's only function why mess with it? |
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Movieman
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Was getting periodic lockups when I'd try and open a web page or scrolling across one while WCG was running.
----------------------------------------At first I thought it was the older 1.5G Raptor not being able to handle the load even with the write period set to 1500 seconds. Yesterday installed a 128 gig Crucial M4 SSD Set progams files to the SSD and data folder to the Raptor to lighten the load. Same issue today. random lockups. I think it's some conflict with IE9 as thats all I can see. Machine is rock solid while crunching, temps just under 60C at load. If anyone has any ideas I'm open to them. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Movieman at Jun 6, 2012 4:44:05 PM] |
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Movieman
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Solved the proplem,,Newest SATA driver did it..
---------------------------------------- No more lockups and the SSD benches better than the factory claims for it.. Signed, One Happy Camper |
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