The default is 90% while the computer is idle, and 50% when it's in use, but what do you all have these numbers set at?

What % when computer is in use
What % when it's idle?

100% for both on 2 quads, because they're only for running BOINC projects.

There's only one entry for % cpu usage. The in use/idle settings are for memory usage.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

For the memory settings, I use 90% when in use and 95% when idle. I suspect in my case it doesn't make much of a difference with the mouse/keyboard detection being flaky on Linux. I also don't run (at least right now) projects that have a big memory footprint. And I have 2 gig of RAM in the machine.

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Kathryn :o)

I'm running BOINC apps on my computers at 100%. If I have any heat problems (e.g. want to keep my notebook's fan silent enough) I'm rather trying to throttle down the whole CPU by lowering its frequency.

I might be using BOINC's current throttling, if it were finer-grained. But at current rough steps (running few seconds long, sleeping few seconds long, running...) the short interval when it runs can heat the CPU enough to start the "music" again.

Peter

I allow 100% of all four (count 'em, two) processors.
I allow 75% of memory (8 GBytes RAM) when machine is in use and
I allow 90% of memory when machine is not in use.
I do not know how the client tells if the machine is in use or not.

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I do not know how the client tells if the machine is in use or not.

It's about whether the machine is in use by the user (exactly, if the user touched any of machine's human input devices in last few minutes). Still an issue on some Linux systems - I believe you are running running RHEL 5.2 on your machine.

Or is it whether the user is in use? :-)

Peter

I believe that both Working and Idle state should contain an arbitrarily manageable set of preferences (CPU % throttling, %/number of CPU cores, memory usage, etc.) just like it is with with preference sets for venues.

Peter

Well instead of that, we get the gaming option. If WoW is loaded, BOINC idles. If WoW is loaded and gamer is tired and forgets, BOINC continues to idle... lest there is a sensory system that can specify a resume on game idling ;>)

Very simple solution: IMHO <exclusive_app> should also belong to the sets of resources usage preferences :-)

E.g. Jord could then set his WoW (or whatever) under "User is working" state group of options and his TV or DVD player under "User is tired / Machine is idle" state group of options ;-)

Additionally, BOINC client might check, whether the exclusive applications consume any fraction of CPU time at all - maybe an optional user-selectable % threshold, like

[pre]  <exclusive_app>
    <app_name>wow.exe</app_name>
    <min_cpu_pct>15</min_cpu_pct>
  </exclusive_app>[/pre]

(I know, yet another option to blow BOINC out.)

Peter

(I know, yet another option to blow BOINC out.)

At this point, what is needed is a scripting language to control when BOINC does and doesn't run, and at what speed :)

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