Hi everyone
Recently I posted a question on the Rosetta message boards: https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=15244
Does anyone here know how to increase the cores to a VM task?
Hi jave808,
All tasks that come out of Rosetta are single core only jobs.
So no you cannot add extra cores to a Rosetta python VM task.
But these is a way to ensure that your system only crunches one task at a time, and that is using an app_config.xml file in your Rosetta@home project directory.
I currently have one in mine, which is as follows:
<app_config>
<app>
<name>rosetta</name>
<user_friendly_name>Rosetta</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
</app>
<app>
<name>rosetta_beta</name>
<user_friendly_name>Rosetta Beta</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>8</max_concurrent>
</app>
<app>
<name>rosetta_mini</name>
<user_friendly_name>Rosetta Mini</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
</app>
<app>
<name>rosetta_python_projects</name>
<user_friendly_name>rosetta python projects</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
</app>
</app_config>
Now I haven't seen any normal Rosetta tasks, Rosetta Mini tasks or Rosetta python tasks in the last month I have been crunching.
Cheers
Thanks tazzduke. I will check this out!
tazzduke - this is what my app_config.xml file looks like now
<app_config>
<app>
<name>rosetta</name>
<user_friendly_name>Rosetta</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
</app>
<app>
<name>rosetta_beta</name>
<user_friendly_name>Rosetta Beta</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>30</max_concurrent>
</app>
<app>
<name>rosetta_python_projects</name>
<user_friendly_name>rosetta python projects</user_friendly_name>
<non_cpu_intensive>0</non_cpu_intensive>
<max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
</app>
</app_config>
I only get Rosetta Beta tasks at present. There are no Rosetta_mini projects (error given to me under "Notices" tab).
Yes you are going to get that error in the notices, as the app hasn't been downloaded into your directory, its nothing to worry about.
I have moved off Rosetta, gone back to Denis@home.
Also watch out for the following tasks, as they take up about 1-2gb of ram each.
RosettaVS_SAVE_ALL_OUT_NOJRAN_CHIP_8EHZ_fulldb_IGNORE_THE_REST_9GjqZI_9_3421_2977983_2_0
So you might want to adjust your count for Rosetta Beta tasks.
Cheers