Project Core Count

[Boca Raton CHS]

Hello! New to F@H, not new to distributed computing. Quick question: Let's say I assign a PC to have 1 core available for work and no GPU. Are the "projects" created to take advantage of all available cores or are the projects created for a certain amount of cores? I am not sure that makes sense. For example: I am running a project on 1 core right now. Can that EXACT same project be run on a system with multiple cores/threads (and use them all) or was the project written to only use 1 core?

[Joe_H]

There are sometimes projects that are small enough to run on a single CPU core/thread, but not always. The projects may have a maximum number of CPU threads they will be assigned to, some others may have a minimum. But WUs within those projects can be assigned to any system whether single threaded or multiple as long as it meets the set limits. The last I checked few projects could run on a single CPU thread, the systems being simulated have become larger and the deadlines shorter.

Connected ti CPU thread settings is that when a WU is assigned a maximum thread count will be set equal to that used to request a WU. So for example a WU downloaded with a thread setting of 4 can not be changed to use more than 4 threads while processing after being downloaded, but the client can be set to use less.

[Boca Raton CHS]

Thank you for the info! Is there a way to see the min/max core count of a project once it has downloaded or is that something that is just stored on the server side?

[Joe_H]

Just stored on the server side in the assignment settings as far as I know. Sometimes mentioned in the project description or as part of being posted here during the beta test period

[calxalot]

You can see assignment data in the log if you install the debug build.

[Boca Raton CHS]

Thank you for the help!