Waiting to run (1 CPU + 1 AMD/ATI GPU) ... fail
26 Jun 2018 20:08:32 UTC
Topic 215560
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I have a system with NVIDIA + AMD APU 2400G
On the Nvidia I am running GPUGRID (0.908 CPU + 1 AMD/ATI GPU), while on AMD GPU (1 CPU + 1 AMD/ATI GPU) I am running Einstein
I also want to run 6 WCG tasks on the remaining CPUs but, from what I see, BOINC 10.2 considers the amd gpu low priority and gives higher priority to WCG CPU tasks
So in BOINC I had the option use at most 75% CPUs (6 out of 8 for WCG) so the remaining 2 CPUs can be used for GPU tasks
Anyone can help with this issue, since I guess the easiest solution is to change the Einstein assignment to 0.9 CPU + 1 AMD/ATI GPU
Other solutions?
You might find that setting a
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You might find that setting a considerably smaller work fetch request might help distinguish other issues from simple issues of tasks getting scheduled onto resources in order to prioritize getting them finished before deadline.
I speculate that in your case your belief that BOINC 10.2 gives higher priority to WCG CPU tasks than to amd gpu tasks is likely a misunderstanding arising from this type of issue.
The ways BOINC handles this in cases of mixed workloads involving multiple computation resources (GPU and CPU) and multiple task types (including multiple projects) are not entirely satisfactory to anyone. But really short fetch request specs can take that part out of the mysteries. I suggest trying 0.1 day + 0.1 day (and no, I am not joking).
what are WCG? are they
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what are WCG? are they Einstein work units? Is it a 3rd project you are trying to run?
cristipurdel wrote:I also
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No, the real problem is that you are trying to get BOINC to 'use' 7 CPU cores (6+.908+1=7.908 which BOINC rounds down to 7) whilst you tell BOINC through the 75% setting that it is only allowed to use 6. Something has to give. Setting Einstein to 0.9 won't solve the problem because .908+.9 is still > 1.
The easiest way to get what you want is to leave the GPU tasks as they are and allow BOINC to use 87.5% of the CPUs. You will then have 5 World Community Grid CPU tasks and the 2 GPU tasks. I would have some reservations about GPU performance with such a heavy crunching load though. You should at least experiment to see what happens to GPU performance if you reduce the number of CPU tasks. You might get better GPU performance by doing so.
I would also agree with Archae86's comment about keeping a low cache size to avoid any prospect of BOINC getting into high priority mode, particularly during the 'experimentation' stage whilst you are working out your 'optimum' mix of tasks. BOINC going into 'panic' can wreak havoc, particularly if you're not paying close attention.
Cheers,
Gary.
Quote:No, the real problem is
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I would agree with these 2 statement. But I think there is another way to address this.
Make sure Einstein and GPUGrid are only set to allow GPU work only. WCG should be set to CPU only (don't know if they use GPU or not)
Then I would set Use at most to 100% CPU.
Then use app_config.xmls for all 3 projects. Set GPUGrid and Einstein to use 1 CPU per GPU work unit. Limit WCG to 5 work units on the CPU that way there is 1 free thread to feed the OS and help support the GPUs if they need it.
use this for GPUGrid
<app_config><app><name>acemdlong</name><gpu_versions><gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage><cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage></gpu_versions></app><app><name>acemdshort</name><gpu_versions><gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage><cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage></gpu_versions></app><project_max_concurrent>1</project_max_concurrent></app_config>Use this for Einstein
<app_config><app><name>hsgamma_FGRPB1G</name><gpu_versions><gpu_usage>1</gpu_usage><cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage></gpu_versions></app><project_max_concurrent>1</project_max_concurrent></app_config>For the WCG
<app_config><app><project_max_concurrent>5</project_max_concurrent></app></app_config>I know the first 2 will work for Einstein and GPUGrid. Not sure about WCG since I've never run that one. If it does, then you should only be using 7 of 8 threads. If the systems gets slow or lags, then decrease WCG to 4
Thank you all for your
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Thank you all for your replies.
Tried it, worked the first time, but not the second time, plus I want to have 1 day + 1 day
Did not know that, but it makes sense now.
This is the correct setting which I've used only for WCG :)
Since I am running on under-clocked CPU freq, I am using only 4 CPUs for WCG while the AMD GPU is loaded at 95-100% while the NVIDIA GPU is loaded at 85%
Basically I checked with HWiNFO how many WCG I can assing without getting the Einstein GPU to fall under 95%