SB HT question.

[RemyCanad]

Just a quick question. I have a HT P4 and I seem to remember to get the most speed I should run two clients. I was just curious how to install two so they do not conflict with each other.

 

[amdxborg]

Install it as a service with: sobsvc -i
and set 2 processes like so: sobsvc -p:<2>

I just create .bat files in the SB folder with the previous commands and run them or you could create a shortcut for each and add the command there.

 

[Spacehead]

Can you set up the client to run as a service if a test is already in progress? Or will you lose the completed work?

 

[RemyCanad]

The service install isn't the newest version is it?

 

[Allio]

I think 2.5.0 is bundled with the newest version, yeah. And I'm not sure about that one, Spacehead.

 

[RemyCanad]

Cool deal. Thanks everyone!

 

[Confused]

I believe you can set it up as a service while it's in the middle of a test, it will just continue from where it was

Just remember to un-tick the "Start on Windows boot" option in the settings before installing the service


Garry

 

[Spacehead]

OK,. i'm confused about this. I've tried a few things but getting nowhere.
I've read the "ReadMeNT.txt" & have the "sobsvc.exe" in my SB folder.

Could some one explain this to me step by step. Pretent you're talking to an idiot.

Currently i'm running both F@H & SOB on my HT P4's. What i want to do is be able to run a 2nd instance of SOB(turn F@H off) when F@H is out of/going to be out of work on my comps.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: Spacehead
OK,. i'm confused about this. I've tried a few things but getting nowhere.
I've read the "ReadMeNT.txt" & have the "sobsvc.exe" in my SB folder.

Could some one explain this to me step by step. Pretent you're talking to an idiot.

Currently i'm running both F@H & SOB on my HT P4's. What i want to do is be able to run a 2nd instance of SOB(turn F@H off) when F@H is out of/going to be out of work on my comps.

Make that two idiots. I am also curious.

 

[Confused]

Start -> Run -> cmd

Navigate (cd) to the SB directory

Type the following at the command line:

sobsvc -i
sobsvc -o

I also use the following settings:
sobsvc -x
sobsvc -r:200


Garry

 

[Spacehead]

OK, i got it installed as a service, but when i try to run sobsvc -o to get the 2nd instance all i get is:
C:\Program Files\SB>sobsvc -o
Optimized: Affinity = Custom, 1 Clients
Client 0: Affinity = 0x2


Then i tried amdxborg's suggestion of "and set 2 processes like so: sobsvc -p:<2>" & i get this:
C:\Program Files\SB>sobsvc -p:<2>
The syntax of the command is incorrect.


Any help???

 

[amdxborg]

In the sb readme file it says the following:

sobsvc -p:<num>
Sets the number of clients to run

So that is the correct command to use. I've done this on a few machines and know for a fact that it works. Like I said, the way I do it is create .bat files in my sb folder and just add the command "sobsvc -p:<2>" in it and run it. (It's easy when having to install on multiple pcs).

Not really sure what more to tell you..

 

[Confused]

Try without the <> around the 2, ie:

sobsvc -p:2

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: Confused
Try without the <> around the 2, ie:

sobsvc -p:2

OK, that worked. Thanks Confused

So now, if i want to only run 1 instance of SOB i can just close one out? There are 2 icons in the system tray. And if i want to start the 2nd instance i can just restart the service?

 

[Confused]

If you didn't use the options to monitor/restart the client if it gets closed.

If you use the -x command, then it will be run at the very very lowest priority, and it will probably not interfere with anything else at all!


Garry

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: Confused
If you didn't use the options to monitor/restart the client if it gets closed.

If you use the -x command, then it will be run at the very very lowest priority, and it will probably not interfere with anything else at all!


Garry

Well what i've been doing is running both F@H & SOB ( 1 instance each). But F@H sometime will finish in the middle of the night or during the day when i'm not home & go idle till i can connect to get new work again.
I figured what i could do when that's going to happen is just stop F@H & start a 2nd instance of SOB to till i can run F@H when it'll finish while i'm at home.

I'd doubt running 2 instances of SOB & 1 instance of F@H at the same time would be ideal?

 

[Confused]

Depends on the priority of F@H. If you set SB to run at absolute lowest priority, and can set F@H to run slightly higher, then that will do exactly what you want

Either way - it won't take too long to try and see what happens

 

[Spacehead]

Don't know if it was just a fluke or not but things didn't seem to work out too well.
Set SOB with the -x flag but had to set F@H to Low priority(up from Idle). Then for some reason F@H stopped after about 20 minutes or so.

Set everything back the way it was. I'll just manually stop F@H & start 2 instances of SOB as needed.