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BOINC Manager and multiple projects

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OK, I got a 4P 64t machine that was working on PrimeGrid for a bit. In boincmgr I set the project to no new task. Current it is down to about 14 task ranging from 2 to 12 days to complete. Since there are mutliple threads sitting around idle, I turn WCG back to accept new tasks. Once the all the WCG task download and start to run, all the PrimeGrid task switch over to waiting. I can not figure out how to have the PrimeGrid run to complete and have the WCG task fill in the gaps. Anyone know to get both projects to run at the same time?
 
BOINC is designed to manage projects based on run time given to each. So, it will try and balance work based on that. So, if you have put in 100 hours to PrimeGrid and 0 to WCG, WCG will take priority for a bit over PrimeGrid. At least until PG work units are getting close to deadline or the time balances back out. For you to force the client to finish PrimeGrid work first would require a lot of editing of an app_config.xml file and a lot of micro managing. I would just let it do its own thing and eventually it will get back to the PG work units...
 
However, another trick you can try is to set your cache to 0 extra. Then change the WCG priority from whatever it is now to 0. That way it only pulls work when you other projects have none to send. Since you have PG on NNW, it should ask the priority 0 project for the hungry threads....
 
Or on the tools / computing preference / processor page you can tell boinc to switch between applications ever 6000 minutes 10,000 minuets or whatever that way it will run the PG wu's until they complete. And it will continue to run WCG work on the available threads.

You may need to suspend the WCG work to get the PG going again once all the PG wu's start you can restart the WCG work.

At least that method works on my MP rigs. So I would assume it will work on yours.
 
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