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Thought I'd start contributing with a couple of computers, and while the CPU jobs are going as expected, I noticed both machines GPUs are only running project 11737, which appears to be a test project for validating the latest version of FAH's GPU core. Both machines have worked through several of these WUs over the past couple of days, so I thought I would ask if this is expected, or should I change any settings to get actual science work units?

I'm happy to contribute to project testing, as long as that's not all I ever get assigned

For reference, the two machines are an ancient GTX 760 and a new RX 5700.

Thanks!

GPUs are generally much more powerful that CPUs so FAH has chosen to develop projects for GPUs. Those projects are currently being beta-tested and will be distributed more widely soon. If projects are developed for CPUs, that may follow but FAH's development of new resources moves slowly based on limited staff and limited funds. Give them more time.

Subject: CORONAVIRUS PROJECTS coming to BETA

You should get Corona projects to public now. And disable beta flag if set.

Sounds like I just hit a transition period where all current GPU projects were in beta - transitioning to the new core 22 I guess? Anyway, you were correct and both machines are now happily churning out SARS-COV-2 work units, so all's well

Given the speed with which everything is progressing, transition periods are happening faster than we can document them.

Since many people still have this issue, is it normal to wait for the 11737 work units to complete? Or do we need to do something to stop picking up these work units ?

No you can't, but due to the high demand, the server is hardly keeping up. So you might sometimes see slow transfers to/from it, or even WUs for other researches that still need to be done.

toTOW wrote:No you can't, but due to the high demand, the server is hardly keeping up. So you might sometimes see slow transfers to/from it, or even WUs for other researches that still need to be done.

Sorry but I'm more confused now If the server can't keep up is there a point to work on these benchmark WUs? or should we just stop folding until the server catches up? I've already completed 2 WUs for 11737 and now my GPU is working on a third. Maybe it's because of the GPU? (5700xt). I've read in another post that the shaders are not yet deployed for these cards?

11737 is gone now folks, I've spun up another server, only coronavirus being sent now.

You posted while I was typing my answer !

Great news !

Thanks, it works fine now

rafwiewiora wrote:11737 is gone now folks, I've spun up another server, only coronavirus being sent now.

Doesn't appear to be completely gone, I was just assigned 11737 from the plfah2-1 server, to be collected by the plfah1-1 server.

"11737 is gone now folks, I've spun up another server, only coronavirus being sent now."

Actually my (equally ancient r9 290x) GPU was just assigned the 11737 project; is it still the benchmark or is it actually something useful? (My RTX2060 laptop only seems to get normal GPU WUs, but I understand that there should be some form of priority to send important work to more capable systems)