bipolar-folder
n00b
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- Apr 3, 2008
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I'm new to Ubuntu--just started folding on it yesterday. I have a Q6000, so I installed and ran one instance of the Linux SMP client to start off with. I was a little surprised when I checked the System Monitor to see that my cores were:
CPU1: 55%
CPU2: 90%
CPU3: 60%
CPU4: 55%
(+/- 5%)
So just recently I installed and ran a second instance of the SMP client, with the result that the cores were averaging about 75-80%. I found this curious. So I decided to see how many SMP clients it would take to max out all my cores.
I added a third instance of the SMP client, with the result that the cores were averaging about 85-90%.
Finally, I added a fourth instance of the SMP client, with the result that the cores were averaging 95-100%.
WIth 2 GBs of memory on the system, I'm pretty comfortable with the 585 MBs currently in use with 4 SMP clients running. Do you think the Ubuntu's system monitor is under-reporting CPU usage? And, should I continue to run 4 SMP instances? Has anybody else using Ubuntu as a dedicated folding OS, encountered these circumstances?
CPU1: 55%
CPU2: 90%
CPU3: 60%
CPU4: 55%
(+/- 5%)
So just recently I installed and ran a second instance of the SMP client, with the result that the cores were averaging about 75-80%. I found this curious. So I decided to see how many SMP clients it would take to max out all my cores.
I added a third instance of the SMP client, with the result that the cores were averaging about 85-90%.
Finally, I added a fourth instance of the SMP client, with the result that the cores were averaging 95-100%.
WIth 2 GBs of memory on the system, I'm pretty comfortable with the 585 MBs currently in use with 4 SMP clients running. Do you think the Ubuntu's system monitor is under-reporting CPU usage? And, should I continue to run 4 SMP instances? Has anybody else using Ubuntu as a dedicated folding OS, encountered these circumstances?