Has there been any thought to having multiple hosts under 1 account pool work from multiple projects over a LAN?

Would there be any efficiencies gained by having multiple hosts work from the same pool of work?

Has there been any thought to having multiple hosts under 1 account pool work from multiple projects over a LAN?

Would there be any efficiencies gained by having multiple hosts work from the same pool of work?

It's being discussed (see here) although there is nothing concrete yet that I'm aware of, and judging from the discussions in the email lists it will most likely be a third-party project.

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I suppose security would have to rear it's ugly head... I was mostly thinking from the efficiency standpoint...

The idea based on the premise that the project server sends work to the user account.

User account is defined by the hosts attached. (e.g. multiple platforms / processor capabilities) etc.

Single program manager controls the multiple hosts.

Work assigned by efficiency when possible but ultimately by deadline.

Slower machines chew on the work thats due at a later date
Faster machines crunch any deadline misses

Linux machines keep the linux apps clear, etc

Work is downloaded based on the efficiencies of the 'MiniGrid'

If a machine is removed from the 'MiniGrid' work still get's done...

I think that it would be best used say in an environment where people work on the pc computers for say an 8 hour shift... thus taking it out of the pool.

In the current environment each computer has its own silo of work. Hypothetically speaking, my computer pool has ~100 pcs and some machines will always be on hold for 'BOINC' crunching, based on preferences, when an employee is working approx ~8 hrs. Chances are high that WU's on multiple individual work queues will expire when other pc's are crunching away on non-deadline intensive work.

Not necessarily saying that it would change the face of BOINC as we know it, but perhaps some efficiencies could be gained.

I've seen a thread or two that stated that certain apps from various projects have more success on one platform vs another... Apps could carry an efficiency rating within the minigrid, based on performance with different machine types.

Any computers that have higher than average pc user time could be fed wu's with shorter processing time.
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