Low VMware ppd

[somecanadianguy]

My VMware clients are still all down by around 300-500ppd.
Has been like this for a couple weeks at least.

Is everyone else getting lower ppd than usual?

[sswilson]

Did you try disabling one of them to see if the PPD of the other one goes up? If so, that would suggest to me that there's a problem with some form of shared resources.

[Arinoth]

Originally Posted by somecanadianguy

My VMware clients are still all down by around 300-500ppd.
Has been like this for a couple weeks at least.

Is everyone else getting lower ppd than usual?

Yes its the new "fix" to WUs they did to lower EUEs

[Dead Things]

It's actually due to the new 2.10 A2 core. It primarily affects dual core SMP processes, which includes all VMware installs.

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[geokilla]

Originally Posted by Dead Things

It's actually due to the new 2.10 A2 core. It primarily affects dual core SMP processes, which includes all VMware installs.

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It doesn't cause the PPD to drop to 300PPD though...
Try deleting those WU.

[somecanadianguy]

geokilla... my ppd is down by 300-500ppd (not down to 300-500ppd).
Looks like the same issue most other folders are having with the 2.10 a2 core.
It's strange to see ppd down even though cpu usage is up.

So we just wait for someone to fix the problem?

[Dead Things]

Originally Posted by somecanadianguy

So we just wait for someone to fix the problem?

Actually - from everything I've been reading, it was previous cores that were the problem, and 2.10 is the fix. I'm not saying that Pande Group won't find a way to either optimize the core or adjust the point per WU (like they did with the FahCore_14.exe GPU WUs) - but to be perfectly frank, this is the new normal and I personally don't expect to see anything different any time soon.

[somecanadianguy]

Thanks frank

Seriously though, my only problem is that it takes longer to complete a WU.
I've cut back to 3 clients for now so I can get the units done in a day.
I lose out on ppd that way though.
Seems like with the cpu usage up the ppd would go up too, but obviously it's not working that way.

[geokilla]

Woops.....sorry.

With the new cores bring lower PPD. Hope they fix it soon.