On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:04:41 GMT, "D." <Dereka_k@NotSoHotmail.com>
wrote:

Carsten,

 Thank you, that makes alot of sense and would easily explain the rising
percentasge of CPU dedication occuring.

 I appreciate your taking the time to explain it, although I've been with
SETI awhile I still don't claim to understand much of it.  Thanks again.

D.

No, it's not funny, since the two of you are talking about separate

issues.

Nick's right: SETI uses 100%, ok "99%". D. is talking about the "CPU
dedication" indicated by SETI Spy. This number shows how much CPU time you
dedicate to SETI, compared with the maximum possible time.

I'd get rid of that in a hurry.
When there is no competition for resources I want seti using all it
needs.  It automatically throttles back to allow anything else to run
if it needs resources.

Example:
If you run your computer 6 hours per day, and it does nothing but crunch
WUs, then the result is a CPU dedication of 6/24=25%. If you you use your
computer for other things things during these 6 hours and SETI only "gets"
an average 80% of your CPU's potential, then your CPU dedication is
25%*80%=20%. SETI keeps track of the average CPU usage based on the date

you

I can't imagine ever wanting to set it up like this.

 My dedication is not set. So it uses all the available cycles it
needs which means the computers are almost always running 98 to 100%
CPU utilization.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
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