Posts by darwincollins

1) Message boards : Number crunching : New Memory Requirements? (Message 66700) Posted 27 Jun 2010 by darwincollins Post: I just found the 24 core box running 5 casp 9 tasks out of 24. What type of box is it that it can handle 24 cores? Please describe. Thanks
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Only 2 cores are being used on quadcore (Message 65806) Posted 24 Apr 2010 by darwincollins Post: I have ran into similar issues. Basically, from time to time, I see that not all the cores are being used. I would like to maximize the usage. Presently, on a box with 8 cores. Boinc manager 6.10.18 2 instances of Rosetta Mini 2.10: are running. 1 instance is Rosetta Mini 2.10 is: ready to report. 5 intances of Rosetta Mini 2.10 is: waiting to run 4 instances of Rosetta Mini 2.10 is: ready to start Are there settings that I need to look at to see why? Or, perhaps, help these applets use the available resources? Looking at my settings: Switch between app between every 60min On multiprocessor systems, use at most 100% of the processors Use at most 82% of CPU time (plenty of ram and cpu is available)
3) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Seti@home's Number 1 Cruncher Fired At Work... (Message 64828) Posted 6 Jan 2010 by darwincollins Post: When I did a Google search I found where it said turning a work pc off for 12 hours per night saves 3 dollars a month! I am guessing a work pc is similar to a pc running Boinc, heavy use for most of the day. Although since Boinc is 100% of the cpu 100% of the time Boinc may use it a bit more. I am not turning mine off, but have turned off some of the slower machines as I get newer and faster ones. I wonder if they considered the cost of the worker turning on and authenticating to the computer every morning? FTE (hourly fulltime employee) with benefits is $15+/hr. 20 weekdays x 1 minute (power up/login) = 20 minutes/month. Not that the worker would start working once they did get to their office, but, at least there is one less obstacle in the morning for them in order to start working.
4) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : research using a wii (Message 64808) Posted 5 Jan 2010 by darwincollins Post: Perhaps, the app is like FoldIt ? (in as the player is figuring out how to fold, and not the processor using all the possible combinations)
5) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Seti@home's Number 1 Cruncher Fired At Work... (Message 64807) Posted 5 Jan 2010 by darwincollins Post: Cool. For us, I guess we must get the electricity dirt cheap. Basically, our HQ building was renovated (to base concrete) about 10 years ago. Ok, think a building with about 300 people per floor in cubes/offices. The designers actually ran the calculations that said that it was cheaper to leave all the offices ON, instead of wiring lightswitches. (cost of wiring, labor, etc) There are 3 switches per floor. (so, the lights can be turned off if necessary). 10 years later, and the only change, is that there is now a light switch for most of the conference rooms. (but, that may be for the projector systems) The PC folks had similar debates on whether it was better to turn off the computers at night or leave them on. There was no consensus either way, but, it was somewhat suggested for folks to turn off their computers if they will be on vacation. I guess I need to put one of my P3 powermeters on my home computer to see what the power difference is it being idle, and running BOINC.
6) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : A couple of "old school" IT suggestions (Message 64806) Posted 5 Jan 2010 by darwincollins Post: I wouldn't excuse it as 'non-profit' vs 'for-profit'. I know of several non-profit and volunteer run organizations that run much tighter ships than my day job. Even at my day job (govenment non-profit), the IT staff that don't give a flip still wouldn't have equipment (officially) down for days. In this case, Rosetta folks are probably doing the best that they can do, and may be doing alot of on-the-job training about SANS, etc, to get us back running. For the clients, we need to realize that they can also be as dedicated. If they have multiple projects, then, they may not notice any downtime. If the client was pushing (solely) for Rosetta, then they now have to decide to remain faithfull, or 'add projects' to boinc. As the days of downtime continue, it will cause some clients to have the perception that there is a lack of dedication or motivation, and so will move on to other projects all together.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Scheduling request completed: got 0 new tasks (Message 64723) Posted 2 Jan 2010 by darwincollins Post: Perhaps, like others, I have split my resources between folding@home and rosetta@home. Since the Rosetta folks seem to be awol, we should consider reallocating the resources to other projects? afterall, use it or lose it