WU Distribution Influenced By Download Speed

Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen
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RE: The interesting thing

Message 15876 in response to message 15872

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The interesting thing is that just yesterday I got a fast DSL connection. Maybe in another few weeks/months I'll have some hard data telling if the WU/download ratio actually changes significantly with download speed. In the mean time, believe what you will.

The scheduler is the part of the BOINC server that decides what work to send your computer. When unsent work gets more than 7 days old, the scheduler sends it to the next machine that asks for work PROVIDED THAT MACHINE HAS AN INTERNET DOWNLOAD CONNECTION FASTER THAN 100kB/sec.

This means that fast machines will tend to get more data files, and more diverse workunits, than dial-up machines.

I think this is described in the front-page FAQ.

Bruce

Director, Einstein@Home

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