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Message 116732 - Posted: 2 Apr 2018 | 21:57:17 UTC

Hi,

I have a host 909979 which has 2 sockets with four cores. Currently im running it with hyper threading off. ie im getting 8 logical processors crunching rather than 16.

I have an app_config.xml that looks like:

<app_config>

<app_version>
<app_name>llr321</app_name>
<cmdline>-t 8</cmdline>
<avg_ncpus>1</avg_ncpus>
</app_version>

</app_config>

The machine has 64 gb of ram of 2133mhz RAM arranged in two banks of 4 * 8gb.

1) Should I be turning hyper threading on?

2) Is there a point where multi-threading becomes less efficient and for example maybe I should be doing two tasks at once with 4 processors?

Any help would be gratefully received.




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Message 116738 - Posted: 3 Apr 2018 | 4:41:39 UTC - in response to Message 116732.

1) Should I be turning hyper threading on?


No.

2) Is there a point where multi-threading becomes less efficient and for example maybe I should be doing two tasks at once with 4 processors?


Your really need to test this to see which is actually best, but I would guess that 2x4 will produce higher total throughput than 1x8. Note, however, that the results may vary with different size numbers. What works best with SR5 may not be different than what works best with SoB. You need to experiment a bit.
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Message 116783 - Posted: 4 Apr 2018 | 3:38:07 UTC - in response to Message 116738.

Thanks Michael. I'll have a play around and see.

i assume to get two going



<cmdline>-t 8</cmdline> I change this to 4
<avg_ncpus>1</avg_ncpus> and this to 2


As well as upping the % of processors from 12.5% to 25%
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Message 116784 - Posted: 4 Apr 2018 | 3:51:11 UTC - in response to Message 116783.

Thanks Michael. I'll have a play around and see.

i assume to get two going



<cmdline>-t 8</cmdline> I change this to 4
<avg_ncpus>1</avg_ncpus> and this to 2


As well as upping the % of processors from 12.5% to 25%


Leave <avg_ncpus> alone. You want BOINC to think each task is using 1 CPU. Once you increase % of processors to 25%, it will think there's 2 CPUs, the tasks take 1 CPU each, and therefore it should be running two CPUs. So you want this:

<cmdline>-t 4</cmdline>
<avg_ncpus>1</avg_ncpus>
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Message 116837 - Posted: 5 Apr 2018 | 4:33:56 UTC - in response to Message 116784.

By moving to 2 * 4 it looks like I'll be able to do 50% more if the run times continue to hold up.

eg
1 * 8 9357 secs on average per WU ~ 64 per week
2 * 4 140633 secs on average per WU ~ 86 per week

If my admittedly hazy math is correct.
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Message 116851 - Posted: 5 Apr 2018 | 13:05:54 UTC - in response to Message 116837.

By moving to 2 * 4 it looks like I'll be able to do 50% more if the run times continue to hold up.

eg
1 * 8 9357 secs on average per WU ~ 64 per week
2 * 4 140633 secs on average per WU ~ 86 per week

If my admittedly hazy math is correct.


86/64.5 = 1.33 so about 33% more.

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