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Message boards :
Number crunching :
I think we should restrict work units
(Message 13936)
Posted 11 Jun 2006 by  Trog Dog
Post:
I can see it now all those super crunchers complaining that they have hit the daily limit (refer to the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the curse of 32 over at Einstein) and how its slowing down the science having their machines sitting dry. It's not fair that their super machines are being penalised because they are too fast. Whichever way you cut it, slice it or dice it, the work is sporadic someone somewhere will always run out of work before someone else. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
I think we should restrict work units
(Message 13917)
Posted 10 Jun 2006 by Trog Dog
Post:
or an older machine, or one that doesn't crunch 24/7? |
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Message boards :
Cafe LHC :
Well done Mike Mitchell - UOTD - Twice!
(Message 13900)
Posted 8 Jun 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: G'day John We can make you an honourary Aussie if you swear on the vegemite jar :) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
I think we should restrict work units
(Message 13779)
Posted 29 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post:
You're obviously not "in it" for the credits, so what does it matter how many hoops someone else jumps through to get work? Personally, I can't be bothered micro-managing BOINC, my cache is set to .1 (except the pc's at work where they only crunch and connect after hours and the cache is set to .5)with a resource share of 1000 the other projects I crunch for have a resource share of 100 or less. I'm in it for the credits, but if credits/hour was all that I was chasing then I'd stick to Einstein with an Akos app, and be whining about the lack of wu's. No offence intended, but maybe you're more interested in credits than you like to let on, afterall if you're only interested in the science what's the problem, the wu's are getting crunched ie. the science is getting done. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Server problems
(Message 13711)
Posted 23 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: The server has a problem that I don't quite understand because it does not happen with any of the other projects that I am attached to. Every time my boinc client asks for more work from LHC a new host is spawned. Everyday I have a long list of host that I need to merge. If this is happenning to other people that could explain some of the other problems the server is having. Same here, are you using BAM at all, and is it only affecting your linux boxes? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Boinc farms.
(Message 13613)
Posted 14 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: Just using windows xp on the regular boxes and 03enterprise on the Sabre 8 xeon server. I don't know if linux would be faster, but under the current system of credits being tied to benchmarks linux claims lower credit than windows (on the same box). What tools do you use to administer BOINC on these boxes? BTW, nice additions. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Are we dead in the water?
(Message 13612)
Posted 14 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: It is not that the admin do not care, but very often they know that there are new WU exactly the same way you do. By the number going up on the frontpage. The submission system is completely automated and the physicist that is submitting most of the work is in Canada. So even if he remembers to send an email saying he is putting up more work, the admins will probably have gone home. You should also remember that there is no full time admin at the moment. And if that answer is unknown what message would you like them post? Reading through the website the LHC@Home project is only one facet of the computational solutions available to the CERN scientists, ie just one of many resources to be exploited. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Are we dead in the water?
(Message 13560)
Posted 11 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: does anybody know if there is a newsletter, that is sent automatically once there is new work available? Either from lhc@home or from some team out there? Checking mail is easier for me than returning to the site each day. In periods of no work I usually disable work requests in BOINC and then it happens that I'm too late to get some work ;) What's the benefit of setting LHC to no new work? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Boinc farms.
(Message 13544)
Posted 10 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: Cheers Falcon Fly, thanks for such a detailed reply. The smart install options, with packages grouped by function sound like a good idea. It's always good to hear the "why" behind what others are using. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Boinc farms.
(Message 13538)
Posted 9 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: I'm pretty much sticking with Fedora Core since Rel. 3 now, but there are a few other (older) Linuxes remaining that I never changed since they do the job as well. Any particular reason why you've settled on Fedora? Does fedora have benefits over other distros for running boinc? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Boinc farms.
(Message 13525)
Posted 7 May 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: Just wondering what software everyone uses on their farms and why. My main box runs xp and boincview, and at home my crunchers are headless and are only used for crunching so I've installed damn small linux on them with x0vncserver. I chose dsl because it's a minimal distro, if you can't run dsl on your box with full gui then it won't run boinc, and it'll run on old boxes too(486dx2 with 16meg). Boinc runs automatically on startup in gui mode, and I can vnc into xwindows display 0 for any maintenance - I've been spoiled by windows and avoid the command line wherever possible. At work the boxes all run xp with boinc installed as a service, again I use boincview to manage the crunching. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
bunc - BOINC UK Team Lookers first News Letter for Boinc Projects
(Message 13286)
Posted 9 Apr 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: Just in case you are interested. BOINC UK - Team Lookers has produced its first of many news letters concerning Boinc projects. You can find it at Nice newsletter. Wouldn't have looked at it but for MM's post in the B@A Forums :-) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
CPID Change?
(Message 13274)
Posted 8 Apr 2006 by Trog Dog
Post:
I would recommend XtremLab for such a task (with a resource share of 1) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Boinc farms.
(Message 13063)
Posted 18 Mar 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: I like the idea of the RealVNC or with boinc view..... I could be wrong but I think the keyboard/mouse requirement is os based (windows for one). I have 4 boxes that run on linux with no keyboard, mouse or monitor, all of varying vintages. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Is the user base/project participants growing a bit too large, for our server?
(Message 12985)
Posted 11 Mar 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: On a more personal note I will leave Cern at the end of the month. I do not yet know who will take over the day to day server administration, but i expect Ben will look in on the message boards from time to time. Best wishes for your new venture, you will be missed here. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Download failures
(Message 12019)
Posted 15 Jan 2006 by Trog Dog
Post:
Sweet. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Download failures
(Message 12018)
Posted 15 Jan 2006 by Trog Dog
Post:
Done |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Download failures
(Message 12008)
Posted 15 Jan 2006 by Trog Dog
Post:
I have three boxes all happily crunching new wu's. Two had previously crunched the third was a virgin. One box had the following messages in its log (the other two didn't)
My suggestion is find these files on one of your boxes that is working and copy them to the boxes that are hanging. (Stop boinc running first on the target). It looks like they are required for the graphics in the screensaver, ie nothing to do with the wu getting crunched. It should work, but no guarantees. ;) |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
no work from project
(Message 11774)
Posted 2 Jan 2006 by Trog Dog
Post: Hi Cxing LHC is currently out of work, hence the message "no work from project". The last update on the home page is that new work units will be created and issued sometime after Christmas 2005. LHC's work is released in blocks as they get to each new stage of the project. HTH |
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