Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of CreditProposal

Timestamp:

Jan 9, 2008, 2:41:57 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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CreditProposal

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  * Suppose a project's application needs X GB of RAM, and there is only one host in the BOINC population with that much RAM.  Then its credit per day for that host can be 100N, where N is the size of the population.  In other words, that computer can get as much credit as all other computers combined.  Is this desirable?
  * The accounting rule doesn't take into account non-competing projects.  E.g. suppose project A uses only CPU and project B uses only disk.  If hosts attach to both projects with equal resource shares, the projects will be limited to issuing 50 credits/day on the average.
- * Suppose a project uses a resource that no other project wants (e.g. QCN uses the accelerometer found in some laptops).  Should the project be able to allocate the full 100 credits/day on average?
+ * Suppose a project uses a resource that other projects use little or none of (e.g. QCN uses the accelerometer found in some laptops; Depspid uses network).  How much credit should the project be allowed to grant?  Under the current proposal, they would be allowed to grant something like 100/(N+1) per host/day, where N is the average number of other attached projects.
  * This proposal doesn't say anything about the last 3 types of utility.