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The work unit 550011 is stuck at about 94% complete, with 10 minutes left to run. The BOINC Manager says it's running but there is no CPU use.

It's on a Linux box and the work unit was suspended but I didn't notice if that was the direct cause also the box was rebooted.

Should it be aborted?

NO. Rosetta bases its progress bar and time to completion estimates off of your preferred run time--which, for some of the larger workunits that seem to be very common nowadays, is less (sometimes drastically) than the amount of time actually required to complete one model (the minimum to complete a WU). Thus, if the workunit goes over your preferred runtime, it will stick at about 10 minutes left, and cut down that and up the % done very slowly, because it really has no idea how long the workunit's going to take. The % done and time left to completion, at least for Rosetta/RALPH workunits, are just rough estimates, and with the new, bigger workunits, if you have a lower set runtime (which is recommended for RALPH anyway), most of your workunits will probably go over, unless you have a very fast, modern CPU.

Long story short, this is normal, so don't abort the workunit, let it run. Some workunits can take up to 4 hours (a couple close to 5, even) per model on my P4 3.2Ghz HT, so in my case, they'll take at the very least that amount of time, no matter what time preferences you have set. Rosetta doesn't know ahead of time how much time they'll take, so once it goes over your preferred run time, all it can do is make underestimates so people don't freak out if it goes over 100%. :-)

I don't think it's normal for the BOINC Manager to report the work unit as running but the CPU to be inactive.

Oh! Sorry. I made a blooper--I didn't notice that you said that the CPU was not being active at all. If the CPU was being used, yet the progress and time to completion were as you said, then what I said would be correct, but not in the case that it's not using any CPU time at all. In the case of it using no CPU time at all, I would recommend that you abort the WU.

Sorry! :-(

The work unit 550011 is stuck at about 94% complete, with 10 minutes left to run. The BOINC Manager says it's running but there is no CPU use.

It's on a Linux box and the work unit was suspended but I didn't notice if that was the direct cause also the box was rebooted.

Should it be aborted?

NO. Rosetta bases its progress bar and time to completion estimates off of your preferred run time--which, for some of the larger workunits that seem to be very common nowadays, is less (sometimes drastically) than the amount of time actually required to complete one model (the minimum to complete a WU). Thus, if the workunit goes over your preferred runtime, it will stick at about 10 minutes left, and cut down that and up the % done very slowly, because it really has no idea how long the workunit's going to take. The % done and time left to completion, at least for Rosetta/RALPH workunits, are just rough estimates, and with the new, bigger workunits, if you have a lower set runtime (which is recommended for RALPH anyway), most of your workunits will probably go over, unless you have a very fast, modern CPU.

Long story short, this is normal, so don't abort the workunit, let it run. Some workunits can take up to 4 hours (a couple close to 5, even) per model on my P4 3.2Ghz HT, so in my case, they'll take at the very least that amount of time, no matter what time preferences you have set. Rosetta doesn't know ahead of time how much time they'll take, so once it goes over your preferred run time, all it can do is make underestimates so people don't freak out if it goes over 100%. :-)

I wonder if it could be memory related ? I believe that more than 512 MB would probably be a good thing.
I Doubt it could be graphic card related as you are not using them.
Are you using the latest or near latest Boinc client versions?
Switching between tasks does not seem to be a problem with my machines at all Windows or Linux. I am using 5.8.15 Windows and 5.8.16 Linux (I think, but definitely the most recent prior to 5.10.x).

• Why start a new team at the bottom of the pack, when we are already within striking distance of the top 30?
  
• We are already ranked 33 out of almost 48,000 teams in the world for combined BOINC projects.
  
• We're the number 1 Aussie team, with almost 27 Million credits.
  
• Australian name, for ALL Aussie crunchers.
  
• Team website and forum, and infrastructure available to grow it.
  
• The team is active in all current BOINC projects.
  
• We have members all over the country and quite a few expats overseas.
  
• Your existing individual credits will not be lost.
  
• Future credits from all projects will help build a powerful alliance.
  

Together we could not only be the top Australian team, but well up in the world stats.

Were always open to new suggestions and new members. Come and look us over - You can check out our web site by clicking on the team logo below and also have a look around our forum. You can join by clicking on the "Join.." hyperlink and follow the prompts. You can ask for assistance in the forum too.