Re: Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client
Gerald Richter <[email protected]>
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The stream and cuda clients both require 1 cpu thread free to feed them in order to maintain top speed. I run the CPU client configured with real CPU cores -1 parallel to the stream and cuda clients in my environments. Jonathan Dixon wrote: > I ran into the same problem running the CUDA client + normal client. I > have a GeForce GTX260 and Core i7. I noticed that running the normal > client would slow down the CUDA client enough that it wasn't worth > running the normal client at all, but I hated to let a Core i7 sit > virtually idle. I had tried to increase the priority of the GPU client, > but it didn't seem to help any. The solution I came up with was to > manually set the core count on the normal client to one less than the > maximum number of threads on the computer. This prevented processes > from moving from core to core, which slows them down a little, and also > should prevent competition between the clients because there is always a > free core to keep feeding the GPU. > > I also agree with Waldo on the hyper-threading. HT is great for single > core CPUs and helps them multi-task better, but it has a negligible > effect when the computer is already good at multi-tasking due to the > number of cores. Given that a little efficiency is lost when the > computer moves processes to and from a specific core, it is counter > productive to run two jobs on the same core that accomplish the same > task as does HT. HT is designed to reduce the effect, but if the > computer is built to run RC5, it would be better just to not have the > effect at all. If RC5 is set to auto-detect thread count and HT is > enabled, it will automatically assign two processes to every core. Thus > HT would seem to degrade performance by inducing exactly what it is > supposed to solve. I don't think it is effective to leave HT running > and manually set the cores to half because the the core time has already > been split and you are deciding to only use half of it. Yes, I know. an > 8 threaded computer just isn't as cool as a 16 threaded computer. > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:57 AM, <rc5-request-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-request-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>> wrote: > > Send rc5 mailing list submissions to > rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.distributed.net/mailman/listinfo/rc5 > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > rc5-request-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-request-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > rc5-owner-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-owner-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of rc5 digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client (Jeff Mohler) > 2. Re: Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client > (Korey Nixon) > 3. Re: Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client > (waldo kitty) > 4. PS3 Linux EOL (Lars Sahlmann) > 5. distributed.net <http://distributed.net> proxy network status > RC5 (Lars Sahlmann) > 6. dnetc vs Win 7 - install problems (Kevin McCoy) > 7. Re: dnetc vs Win 7 - install problems (Chris Jones) > 8. Re: dnetc vs Win 7 - install problems (Kevin McCoy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:54:08 -0800 > From: Jeff Mohler <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [RC5] Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client > To: "D.net Discussion" <rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>> > Message-ID: > <a969fbd11003031654i4ef93929oc38c9d8c075975b4-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org > <mailto:a969fbd11003031654i4ef93929oc38c9d8c075975b4-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Ran into another issue. > > The stream client starts to suck wind when the normal client is > running on > my 16 threads of core on the Intel CPUs... > > Why is that? > > > And lastly..these eight cores (16 with hyperthreading) of 3.3ghz > Nehalems, > perform RC5 work slower, than my 8 non hyperthreaded 3.0Ghz > Xeons..why is > that? I would have expected some speed increase. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.distributed.net/pipermail/rc5/attachments/20100303/0779768c/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:09:44 -0400 > From: Korey Nixon <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [RC5] Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client > To: "D.net Discussion" <rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.distributed.net/pipermail/rc5/attachments/20100303/8939667d/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:21:36 -0500 > From: waldo kitty <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [RC5] Windows Stream client doesnt like the normal client > To: rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 3/3/2010 19:54, Jeff Mohler wrote: > > And lastly..these eight cores (16 with hyperthreading) of 3.3ghz > > Nehalems, perform RC5 work slower, than my 8 non hyperthreaded 3.0Ghz > > Xeons..why is that? I would have expected some speed increase. > > try turning off the hyperthreading and see what happens... CPU chips > can only do > so much... hyperthreading is not all it is cut out to be ;) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:35:26 +0200 > From: "Lars Sahlmann" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [RC5] PS3 Linux EOL > To: rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I hope sony just made an april fools joke on that. > > http://blog.eu.playstation.com/ > > PS3 Firmware 3.21 will be available this Thursday. It will disable > the ?Install Other OS? feature that was available on the PS3 systems > prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009. > This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due > to security concerns, we?re now removing this feature. > > For most of you, this won?t have any impact on how you use your PS3. > If you are one of the few who use the ?Other OS? feature, or if you > belong to an organisation that does, then you can choose not to > upgrade your system. > > ----------------- > > ok at least you can choose not to install this update. > -- > GMX DSL: Internet, Telefon und Entertainment f?r nur 19,99 EUR/mtl.! > http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:08:19 +0200 > From: Lars Sahlmann <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [RC5] distributed.net <http://distributed.net> proxy > network status RC5 > To: rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > Hi, > > looks like the proxies have a loot stuck WUs. > > proxy1.bris.qld.au <http://proxy1.bris.qld.au> > <http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/mapping.cgi?host=proxy1.bris.qld.au.proxy.distributed.net> > kamy 0.8m 349 3.4mo 34,811.00 4999707/3110334 > proxy1.aar.dk <http://proxy1.aar.dk> > <http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/mapping.cgi?host=proxy1.aar.dk.proxy.distributed.net> > monsted 10.4m 349 2.8mo 34,910.30 > 2000191/712354 > > > > > > > > > proxy1.rwc.ca.us <http://proxy1.rwc.ca.us> > <http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/mapping.cgi?host=proxy1.rwc.ca.us.proxy.distributed.net> > cdy 0.8m 349 1.9mo 203,315.00 2989914/946575 > > > > > > > > > proxy2.rwc.ca.us <http://proxy2.rwc.ca.us> > <http://n0cgi.distributed.net/cgi/mapping.cgi?host=proxy2.rwc.ca.us.proxy.distributed.net> > bang 13.5m 349 1.5w 150,928.30 4999963/655993 > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.distributed.net/pipermail/rc5/attachments/20100424/63342368/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 18:06:30 -0700 > From: Kevin McCoy <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [RC5] dnetc vs Win 7 - install problems > To: "D.net Discussion" <rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > I am having problems with workstations that have been upgraded from XP > to Win7 Professional, 32-bit.. Does anyone know if there are any dnetc > client issues with this platform? > > I am trying to install the client as a service. Normally I install > manually using the -install parameter in XP, but now dnetc.exe complains > about access-denied problems and quits. At the time I was logged in as > domain admin, so I don't think there should be any access issues. > > Are there any special INI settings I need to use to force the client to > store its files somewhere besides the EXE directory? Is the client smart > enough to store its temp and log files in the app data directory on > Vista/Win 7? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Kevin G. McCoy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:17:12 +1000 > From: Chris Jones <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [RC5] dnetc vs Win 7 - install problems > To: "D.net Discussion" <rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <155d73873470e58626a3c7a6beafc60a-h+vdU0CuWzzQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org > <mailto:155d73873470e58626a3c7a6beafc60a-h+vdU0CuWzzQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Kevin, > > You may need to run that command from an elevated command prompt > (Right-Click Command Prompt -> Run as Administrator). UAC in Windows 7 > means that even domain admins aren't an administrator by default, > and you > need admin rights to install a service. > > Regards, > > Chris > > On Mon, 10 May 2010 18:06:30 -0700, Kevin McCoy <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > I am having problems with workstations that have been upgraded > from XP > > to Win7 Professional, 32-bit.. Does anyone know if there are any > dnetc > > client issues with this platform? > > > > I am trying to install the client as a service. Normally I install > > manually using the -install parameter in XP, but now dnetc.exe > complains > > > about access-denied problems and quits. At the time I was logged > in as > > domain admin, so I don't think there should be any access issues. > > > > Are there any special INI settings I need to use to force the > client to > > store its files somewhere besides the EXE directory? Is the > client smart > > > enough to store its temp and log files in the app data directory on > > Vista/Win 7? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Kevin G. McCoy > > _______________________________________________ > > rc5 mailing list > > rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]> > > http://lists.distributed.net/mailman/listinfo/rc5 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 21:57:03 -0700 > From: Kevin McCoy <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [RC5] dnetc vs Win 7 - install problems > To: "D.net Discussion" <rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected] > <mailto:rc5-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 5/10/2010 7:17 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > > > You may need to run that command from an elevated command prompt > > (Right-Click Command Prompt -> Run as Administrator). UAC in > Windows 7 > > means that even domain admins aren't an administrator by default, > and you > > need admin rights to install a service. > > > > That makes sense. I successfully installed the dnet client on a 64 bit > Win7 box (mine). It probably worked because I am admin on my own box, > and domain admin on everyone Else's. > > I'll try remoting in as the machine admin tomorrow and see if I can't > complete the installs. I have a lot of machines to do! > > Best regards, > > Kevin G. 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