Odysseus rambled on in alt.sci.seti:

In article <Xns99E28B855DF46praythechurchcom@Letuspray>,
Black Baptist <pray@the.church.com> wrote:

Odysseus rambled on in alt.sci.seti:

In article <Xns99E1DBA9DFB0Cpraythechurchcom@Letuspray>,
Black Baptist <pray@the.church.com> wrote:

I'm running seti on a laptop and desktop and was wondering why the
laptop gets 15 wu while the desktop is only getting two wu. 

We need more details: are you running any other projects? What are
the time stats and DCFs for the two hosts? Both on the same website 
preferences, or using a local override?

No other projects. time stats and DCF? Yes both on the same preferences
I think. 

You can get the time stats from each host's Computer Summary page, near 
the bottom: the figures shown for "% of time BOINC client is running", 
"While BOINC running, % of time work is allowed", "Average CPU 
efficiency", and "Result duration correction factor" (DCF). You can also
find them in your local client_state.xml files, but the website is 
probably more convenient.

applies to both clients


Suspend work while computer is on battery power? 
(matters only for portable computers) no 
Suspend work while computer is in use? no 
'In use' means mouse/keyboard activity in last 3 minutes 
Suspend work if no mouse/keyboard activity in last 
(Needed to enter low-power mode on some computers) 
Enforced by version 5.10.14+ --- minutes 
Do work only between the hours of (no restriction) 
Leave applications in memory while suspended? 
(suspended applications will consume swap space if 'yes') no 
Switch between applications every 
(recommended: 60 minutes) 60 minutes 
On multiprocessors, use at most 1 processors 
Use at most
Enforced by version 5.6+ 100 percent of CPU time 
Disk and memory usage 
Use at most 100 GB disk space 
Leave at least
(Values smaller than 0.001 are ignored) 0.1 GB disk space free 
Use at most 50% of total disk space 
Write to disk at most every 60 seconds 
Use at most 75% of page file (swap space) 
Use at most
Enforced by version 5.8+ 75% of memory when computer is in use 
Use at most
Enforced by version 5.8+ 90% of memory when computer is not in use 
Network usage 
Computer is connected to the Internet about every 
(Leave blank or 0 if always connected. 
BOINC will try to maintain at least this much work.)  0 days 
Maintain enough work for an additional 
Enforced by version 5.10+  10 days 
Confirm before connecting to Internet? 
(matters only if you have a modem, ISDN or VPN connection) no 
Disconnect when done? 
(matters only if you have a modem, ISDN or VPN connection) no 
Maximum download rate: 200 KB/s 
Maximum upload rate: 200 KB/s 
Use network only between the hours of 
Enforced by version 4.46+ (no restriction) 
Skip image file verification? 
Check this ONLY if your Internet provider modifies image files (UMTS does 
this, for example). 
Skipping verification reduces the security of BOINC. no