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Software processor load balancing using XP Pro ?

idata — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:46:13 GMT

I am interested in automatic, via software, processor load balancing using XP. From a software delelopers point of view can you instruct XP (upto) how much CPU load to use and no more (if available) say 85% etc....and is there any official xp/intel papers on this with Multicore cpu`s

Thanks

Re: Software processor load balancing using XP Pro ?

idata — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:51:50 GMT

Did you ever get any information on this?

What are your requirements? I.e., what is the nature of the processes you wish to load balance?

In the past, I have developed a program and algorithm for fairly distributing CPU loads across multiple users on multiple CPU systems. The algorithm is suitable for creating equitable CPU distribution for long-running computational processes. "Long running" means several minutes or longer.

Re: Software processor load balancing using XP Pro ?

idata — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:52:16 GMT

No had no reply at all actually forgot all about posting it. but as i posted about it direct to an intel forum and got no response what so ever i thought basicly i got my answer .... what i wanted to know was (in general) if you ran a program that basicly said i want everything in the way of resources would xp and a Intel Multicore CPU be able to balance the load to other programs at a cut off point say 80% and the rest to be able for general OS operations so the system does not freeze up altogether and be un-usable? being a beta tester for a video conversion program, the creator is only utilising under half processing load of a CPU as worried any more would freeze the OS due to anything else that might be running...

Re: Software processor load balancing using XP Pro ?

idata — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:31:09 GMT

The scenario you describe should work fine with normal XP scheduling. If necessary, the long-running process can be set to lower priority. That way, any interactive or other activities on the computer will pre-empt the video processing, but the video processing will "soak up" any available cycles. In this case, I would just try it to see the effect of video processing on the rest of the system. I run video creation (Camtasia) and the system is fine (even without lowering priority).

Load balancing software can be useful if you have many users doing intense processing on a shared server. If that becomes a scenario of interest, let me know.