New project seeks testers

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David Anderson Volunteer moderator Project administrator Send message Joined: 10 Sep 05 Posts: 522	Message 46883 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 4:55:07 UTC
	Volpex@UH, a project at University of Houston, seeks alpha testers. Volpex@UH is studying how to use BOINC to do parallel computing across multiple hosts. ____________
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Jack Send message Joined: 28 Oct 07 Posts: 48	Message 46884 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 5:19:44 UTC - in response to Message 46883.
	Sign me up!
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Jack Send message Joined: 20 Mar 11 Posts: 2	Message 46885 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 5:50:16 UTC
	Likewise, right up my alley. I will be sure to attach. ^^ Nice name.
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yoyo Send message Joined: 23 May 06 Posts: 31	Message 46887 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 10:07:57 UTC - in response to Message 46885.
	I'm already attached to this project and get workunits from time to time. But most of them finishes with error. yoyo ____________ Germany biggest distributed computing community Rechenkraft.net
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mzrider Send message Joined: 25 Jun 07 Posts: 10	Message 46888 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 10:11:56 UTC
	Will this be a CPU only project or will it also use GPUs? ____________
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Ageless Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 7950	Message 46889 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 10:37:08 UTC - in response to Message 46888.
	CPU only, as shown by http://volpex.cs.uh.edu/VCP/apps.php ____________ Jord -BOINC FAQ Service -BOINC 7.0 FAQ Go, seize the day, wake up and say: This is an Extraordinary life! -- Asia, An Extraordinary Life
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Jack Send message Joined: 28 Oct 07 Posts: 48	Message 46894 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 17:10:58 UTC - in response to Message 46889.
	Oh well my macbook won't work for now. Got to wait until after xmass load it on my windows machine.
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Jack Send message Joined: 28 Oct 07 Posts: 48	Message 46895 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 17:12:37 UTC - in response to Message 46894.
	Anyway I could help build an OSX binary?
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ritterm Send message Joined: 4 Jul 08 Posts: 61	Message 46902 - Posted: 23 Dec 2012, 4:01:26 UTC Last modified: 23 Dec 2012, 4:05:38 UTC
	Newcomers take note... This project isn't going to look like your typical BOINC project, at least not when it comes to the status of results. Read the post "How VolPEx is different from other volunteer computing projects" to get some indication. Cheers, MarkR
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Jim Send message Joined: 26 Aug 10 Posts: 15	Message 46906 - Posted: 23 Dec 2012, 21:09:37 UTC - in response to Message 46883.
	Dave -- The reCAPTCHA approach is quite trying, to say the least. Am going to attempt to attach project, via my BOINC Manager.
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Jim Send message Joined: 26 Aug 10 Posts: 15	Message 46913 - Posted: 26 Dec 2012, 5:04:20 UTC - in response to Message 46906.
	Dave -- Am not going to try to second-guess the reCAPTCHA pgrm., again. Can you just sign me up? The other approach, via the BOINC Manager, doesn't work for me, either. Thanks, jim
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doggybob Send message Joined: 5 Dec 12 Posts: 42	Message 46925 - Posted: 27 Dec 2012, 4:37:23 UTC - in response to Message 46913.
	Jim, Email Dave's appointments secretary at madge@boinc.berkeley.edu and book an appointment. He'll fly down there on SETI's Gulfstream and attach your computer for you. Won't cost you a dime. No BS!! He won't come unless you promise to make him perogies, all he can eat, and put out Ben and Jerry's for dessert. And no comments about how his pants make him look fat it hurts his feelings. ____________ "Windows" -- an American English word, meaning "A real operating system is too hard for me."
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Jim Send message Joined: 26 Aug 10 Posts: 15	Message 46929 - Posted: 27 Dec 2012, 21:53:47 UTC - in response to Message 46925.
	Sorry, to bother everyone; I'm in. Cheers,
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kdsjsdj Send message Joined: 5 Jan 13 Posts: 81	Message 47062 - Posted: 5 Jan 2013, 18:18:59 UTC
	This is a very different project. The results always either get cancelled by the server or end up with error status but they get credit anyway because the tasks actually do useful work in spite of the errors and cancelling. They're using BOINC in a very, very different way. It's a "proof of concept" sort of project. They're trying to demonstrate BOINC can be used in this new and crazy way that employs parallel execution. If they are successful then it opens the doors to types of investigations that cannot be done using the traditional BOINC paradigm. The problem is their new approach doesn't work well unless they have lots of hosts attached. It's complicated but it's to do with their "parallel approach". They need more hosts. If you can spare some CPU cycles Volpex could use your assistance in proving that parallel execution works on the BOINC platform. Use http://volpex.cs.uh.edu/VCP/ in the Add Project wizard or create an account first.
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ritterm Send message Joined: 4 Jul 08 Posts: 61	Message 47063 - Posted: 5 Jan 2013, 19:06:09 UTC
	Also, volunteers should be aware that when a VOLPEX task is "running", it is often in "sleep mode" and isn't using a CPU to do work. Unfortunately, with the current application, this idle CPU is not available for other projects. For more information on this, see the thread Idle CPU While VOLPEX Runs. Cheers, MarkR ____________
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Peter Send message Joined: 7 Sep 09 Posts: 101	Message 47434 - Posted: 21 Jan 2013, 14:44:09 UTC - in response to Message 47063. Last modified: 21 Jan 2013, 14:50:44 UTC
	The website seems to be down and has been for a while. It comes up but mostly blank pages.
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ChertseyAl Send message Joined: 17 Jul 09 Posts: 59	Message 47436 - Posted: 21 Jan 2013, 18:45:50 UTC - in response to Message 47434.
	The website seems to be down and has been for a while. It comes up but mostly blank pages. Hmm. I've been checking there every day for ages to see what's happening and I've had no problems at all with the site. Just checked again and it's up as usual. Cheers, Al.
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Peter Send message Joined: 7 Sep 09 Posts: 101	Message 47437 - Posted: 21 Jan 2013, 19:01:09 UTC - in response to Message 47436. Last modified: 21 Jan 2013, 19:10:50 UTC
	It's working for me now too. I'm reluctant to try this yet as ritterm's post above indicates there could be a problem with it. Also, volunteers should be aware that when a VOLPEX task is "running", it is often in "sleep mode" and isn't using a CPU to do work. Unfortunately, with the current application, this idle CPU is not available for other projects. For more information on this, see the thread Idle CPU While VOLPEX Runs. ____________ Peter Toronto, Canada
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ritterm Send message Joined: 4 Jul 08 Posts: 61	Message 47439 - Posted: 21 Jan 2013, 19:56:42 UTC - in response to Message 47437.
	I'm reluctant to try this yet as ritterm's post above indicates there could be a problem with it. I wouldn't be afraid to try it. I haven't run the project in a few weeks (a personal choice not driven by the project's behavior), but believed at the time of my post that the project was working as designed. I didn't mean to imply that there was any problem with it. Users do need to be aware that it's a project in the early stages and doesn't behave like any other BOINC project -- tasks run in strange ways, results status can be very confusing, and it can look like you're not getting credit for work done even though you are. I would encourage you and others to read through the forums to get an idea of how it behaves and then give it a try. Happy crunching, MarkR ____________
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Peter Send message Joined: 7 Sep 09 Posts: 101	Message 47440 - Posted: 21 Jan 2013, 20:01:37 UTC - in response to Message 47439. Last modified: 21 Jan 2013, 20:02:33 UTC
	Well as long as it isn't going to stop other projects from running and thereby overshooting their time limits I'm willing. I'll add it soon along with 1 other, when I can decide which projects don't use GPU's. (Got bitten before by GPU work so am avoiding it from now on). ____________ Peter Toronto, Canada
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