21:06:25:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Project: 6394 (Run 119, Clone 32, Gen 302)
21:06:25:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
21:06:25:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Assembly optimizations on if available.
21:06:25:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Entering M.D.
21:06:29:Started thread 12 on PID 3912
21:06:31:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Mapping NT from 4 to 4
21:06:31:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps (0%)
21:11:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 50000 out of 5000000 steps (1%)
21:14:24:FS00:Shutting core down
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Client no longer detected. Shutting down core
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Folding@home Core Shutdown: CLIENT_DIED
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: INTERRUPTED (102 = 0x66)
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:Starting
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/steph/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/web.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a4.fah/FahCore_a4.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 3912 -checkpoint 15 -np 4
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 2544
21:14:26:Started thread 13 on PID 3912
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:Core PID:9120
21:14:26:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa4 started
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:*------------------------------*
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Preparing to commence simulation
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Looking at optimizations...
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Files status OK
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Expanded 118900 -> 270156 (decompressed 227.2 percent)
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=118900 data_size=270156, decompressed_data_size=270156 diff=0
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:- Digital signature verified
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Project: 6394 (Run 119, Clone 32, Gen 302)
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Assembly optimizations on if available.
21:14:27:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Entering M.D.
21:14:32:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Mapping NT from 4 to 4
21:14:32:WU00:FS00:0xa4:Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps (0%)
On Microsoft surface pro 4, if I unplug the power cable, it says the wu is paused but when I plug the cable back in, it appears to not resume. Actually I can press the pause button and get the same behavior
It has, AFAICT, re-started -- the pause was too early for the first check-point to have been saved, so that is expected behaviour.
Note that you will very seldom pause immediately after a checkpoint is saved (especially since it is not obvious when this happens), so a pause will usually result in some loss of progress.
No. The most you can do is set the checkpoint frequency for CPU folding cores. Minimum value is 3 minutes, maximum is 30.
And, no it is not trivial to implement. As it is, checkpoint frequency is set by the project for GPU projects, and for CPU projects the checkpoint is done on the next available cycle after the checkpoint time has been reached. So it might be a bit longer between checkpoints for a CPU WU than the exact time set in the configuration.
P.S. Too frequent checkpoints also slow down progress, and increase the chance that one is interrupted in progress. If that happens, either the WU starts over at 0, or it is lost and a new WU started.
iMac 2.8 i7 12 GB smp8, Mac Pro 2.8 quad 12 GB smp6
MacBook Pro 2.9 i7 8 GB smp3
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).
Actually, it is unlikely we will ever get that feature in a client until the transition to a streaming client.
As example, the newest fahcores completely ignore the checkpoint setting in the client. The researcher behind each project number sets how often to do a checkpoint based on the data in those work units. Out of our control now. You will lose between 0 and 5 frames every time the fahcore exits, regardless of whether each frame takes 2 minutes or 2 hours.
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).