In reply to Dave's message of 26 May 2025:

My impression though is that not only is the true progress not reported but also BOINC doesn't learn about the speed the tasks progress and learn from it.

That would depend on the project, and how it has things set up.

Projects using Credit New (or some sort of version of it), each application on each system keeps track of how long it takes to process a Task, and that is reported back to the Scheduler. Each time work is requested for a particular application on a particular system, the Estimated Remaining time for the new Tasks is updated based on the previously reported processing times (this was brought about by the fight between processing work on CPUs and GPUs. The CPU would finish a Task, the Estimated time would shoot up. The GPU would then return a bunch of work and the Estimated times plummet. Another COU Task returned... and BOINC tended to have a bit of melt-down trying to work out the Scheduling when the Estimated and actual Processing times kept moving around all over the place; hence basing the initial Estimated Remaining time initially on the device benchmarks/GFLOPS reported by BOINC, and then updating it on past actual processing times for each application).

Even if the amount of Credit per Task is fixed, as long as they're using the underlying mechanism, the initial Estimated Remaining times will vary as the processing times for completed and Validated work vary.


In the case of Rosetta, where Tasks are set to run for a fixed length of time, the initial Estimated Remaining time fixed at 8 hours, after issues when new applications were released with FLOPS estimates that resulted in systems downloading hundreds (even thousands) of Tasks until 10 Tasks had been returned & Validated & then the actual processing times were used to set the initial Remaining time (this is regardless of the setting for the Target Runtime which can be from 2 to 36 hours. The best option would have been to set Estimated Remaining time to match the persons selected Target CPU time, but they didn't take that route...).


As for what other projects may implement in relation to initial processing time estimates, and how they are updated, the sky's the limit.

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Grant
Darwin NT.

I noticed in top cpu usage for a VM with one ARP task from WCG running in BOINC is about 180% in a VM running Windows but only about 105% in one running Linux and it would sometimes spike to over 400% so 3 cores on top of what BOINC was using. Going to task manager and closing the app store reduced the CPU usage to about 110% but there would still be times when the fans speeded up and then checking in top the VM usage had again spiked at over 400%.
And this is running Tiny10 a cut down version of Windows in the VM. I shudder to think what would be happening if I had a full install of Windows.

Bet you never knew he has a colour

Jordy Blue

Yippee, new elections. 😤

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Yippee, new elections. 😤

Vote early Jord, vote often 😤

Guess no one has any grumbles or glory recently...
Last post was 28 days ago.

Hi in a dark place. Came close to biting the bullet. In ICU. ATM. If no further contact assume the worse. Trying to remember log in details hasn’t been easy using miobile. Took ages in using NHS wi-fi. Take care. Guys it’s bee a great 20 year ride.

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Hi in a dark place. Came close to biting the bullet. In ICU. ATM. If no further contact assume the worse. Trying to remember log in details hasn’t been easy using miobile. Took ages in using NHS wi-fi. Take care. Guys it’s bee a great 20 year ride. Keep

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Sirius B,
We are rooting for you to get well and out of the dark place you're in.

Hopefully we will hear from you when you're doing a little better!

Sorry to hear that.
Hope you're doing better soon.

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Grant
Darwin NT.

Thanks guys it sends I’ve developed COPD. They’re that should I continue with carb. For another 48
Should be home 3 dad. Later.

So sorry to hear that Sirius. Hope you're getting better soon.
Take care, and do what the doctors tell you.

Get well. You still have to harass some young lass

Take care, get out of ICU as quickly as you can.

Hope to hear from you back at home soon Sirius! Don't let them NHS types give you any more problems. (I was one for 30 years.) And at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Wi-Fi is faster than my home connection!

Return from the dark place at once, Sirius. That's an order, you hear.
Get well as soon as possible. Please. 🙏🏼

I feel for you in ICU. Not breathing good for the longtime life plan. Your service contract is not up yet. You still have many posts and young nurses and ladies to harass yet. So don’t disappoint us and turn in your service contract stop living. So get out of there and make a great recovery.

Has anyone heard any news about Sirius? I hope that he's out of the ICU now, and hopefully recovering at home.

Hi guys Monday started off great. Sadly from lunch onwards the week just turned more disappointing. How ever if results of today’s blood test good I can go home this evening.

How ever if results of today’s blood test good I can go home this evening.

Hope the news from the tests is good. Hospitals are not healthy places to be!