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by troy8d
Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:52 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Number of active folders going down?
Replies: 78
Views: 45572

Re: Number of active folders going down?

In the case of displaying a single number, FLOPs most likely provides a better summary that # CPUs.
by troy8d
Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:38 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Number of active folders going down?
Replies: 78
Views: 45572

Re: Number of active folders going down?

I believe that total # of CPUs still conveys relevant information. On the surface, # CPUs also allows us to make some approximations such as the average computing power of each OS/hardware class. Its interesting to know information on donor statistics and computing power. Using the example of codysl...
by troy8d
Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:40 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Change in BA requirements
Replies: 699
Views: 1748230

Re: Change in BA requirements

If the client-statistics by OS is anything to go by, http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... e=osstats2 this doesn't add up, since BigAdv. is limited to Linux-only and even in the impossible scenario all Linux-computers runs BigAdv. this is only 2.6% (has only included cpu-clients in the count)...
by troy8d
Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:08 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Change in BA requirements
Replies: 699
Views: 1748230

Re: Change in BA requirements

@troy8d, I noticed the 17% drop off between SMP and BA points. What system produced those? Bill1024 had far different data: I have never been a bigadv folder (and have no intention of becoming one). I was using numbers provided to me from a trusted source. The results I used were from an AMD 4P 618...
by troy8d
Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:04 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Change in BA requirements
Replies: 699
Views: 1748230

Re: Change in BA requirements

Thank you for the suggestions. I need to consult with the rest of the F@H leadership, but I think the likelihood is that we'll want to move sooner rather than later. I should also point out that one could equally conclude that BA work units are overvalued rather than that SMP are undervalued. A num...
by troy8d
Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:39 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Change in BA requirements
Replies: 699
Views: 1748230

Re: Change in BA requirements

It appears that most everybody can agree that the decrease in points of 50% to 75% when switching from bigadv to smp is both disheartening and unpalatable to those affected by it. Further, it appears this far exceeds the design parameters of the bigadv program Dr. Kasson outlines, more than three ti...