diff --git a/doc/affinity.html b/doc/affinity.html index c48f8c314d..449dd5220f 100644 --- a/doc/affinity.html +++ b/doc/affinity.html @@ -1,27 +1,20 @@ - - - - Compute Model: Handling Very Long Computations - - - -

Compute Model: Handling Very Long Computations

+Compute Model: handling very long computations + +

Compute model: handling very long computations

+

- Some applications have very long (multi-month) computations that -generate large amounts of local state, and therefore are most -efficiently done on a single host. -

+Some applications have very long (multi-month) computations +that generate large amounts of local state, +and therefore are most efficiently done on a single host. +

- To accommodate such applications, BOINC allows workunits and results -to be linked together into sequences. Each workunit and result -may have a predecessor and a successor. -

+To accommodate such applications, BOINC allows workunits and results +to be linked together into sequences. +Each workunit and result may have a predecessor and a successor. +

- If a result A has a predecessor B, the scheduling server will -dispatch A only to the host that has handled (or is currently handling) -B. If result A times out, then the scheduling server will dispatch B to -any eligible host. -

- - +If a result A has a predecessor B, +the scheduling server will dispatch A only +to the host that has handled (or is currently handling) B. +If result A times out, +then the scheduling server will dispatch B to any eligible host.