Hi, I'm not sure how loaded the servers are, or whether this increases load on them, but the question is simple:

Would it be helpful if we set BOINC to"Report results immediately"?

If getting results back more quickly would help the researchers without causing server issues then I'll post instructions.

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You can look at your hosts on the project website and a figure is shown for each with the "Average turnaround time". As you have mentioned elsewhere, you have tried to set up your network preferences to get the work done and reported back in 2 days. And often it looks like 24 hours is common for your machines.

The main control is your network preferences. If you have set things up to keep 4 days of work, then your turnaround is probably going to be around 4 days.

I would say getting the results back in 2 days is a good guideline. Since you are already achieving that, I would not set the flag to report immediately. As you say, that will force R@h servers to resolve many more scheduler requests per host.

For anyone that does decide that setting thing to report results immediately is right for their situation, this is done in the BOINC client configuration file (cc_config.xml) with a setting called "report_results_immediately".

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Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense

Yeah, it's true - most of my machines are on and connected 24-7, so it would presumably make less difference than it would to some others. I have a few laptops which are used for a while and then will go to sleep which this would affect more.

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