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BOINC client :
Reducing bandwith usage - sharing files
(Message 13688)
Posted 9 Nov 2007 by dcdc Post: Bump!!! This would be really useful to reduce the required bandwidth for users and the projects, and I don't think it would be a big job(!) I know it's easier said than done, but this doesn't need any changes to the gui - the path can just be held in a text file and edited manually. Then the only changes required AFAICS are: Check if file exists in shared folder. If true, copy file to boinc folder, else download normally. Check hash of file copied/downloaded (no code change required here i assume) If file was downloaded and the hash is ok, copy it to the shared folder. continue for next file... |
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BOINC client :
Can I run BOINC Client on machine without Internet ?
(Message 12834)
Posted 4 Oct 2007 by dcdc Post: i think any OS can be a client of an ICS machine, as long as the machine with the connection is running XP Pro I think. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/ |
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BOINC client :
Efficiency of individual projects for individual CPUs?
(Message 12833)
Posted 4 Oct 2007 by dcdc Post: I can only speak for Rosetta which likes: large cache fast FPU extensions aren't used (i.e. SSE2/3/4 / Altivec) so these are the best choices: Core2 Athlon64 / Opteron (1MB cache = better) Barton core AthlonXPs P4Ds do reasonably well. Smaller cache CPUs and PPC CPUs don't do as well. The RAM requirements are up to around 250MB/core (just for Rosetta) although it's usually a fair bit less than this. Having said that, I've got a few P3s that run Rosetta fine (especially the 512KB Tualatin core ones). HTH Danny |
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BOINC client :
Xbox 360
(Message 12832)
Posted 4 Oct 2007 by dcdc Post: there was some movement at rosetta with MS regarding the 360 but nothing came of it. I would suspect the reason for this is the overheating issue, even though the newer ones with the better heatsinks and smaller process tech would probably be fine, MS wouldn't want it running on the older ones, a proportion of which are quite likely to overheat if running flat out (especially if the xenos GPU is working as well as the xenon CPU)... It would be great to be able to get them crunching though. I've been keeping my eye on free60.org since the 360 came out and they do have a linux boot image available for certain kernel versions. I don't know if anyone's tried the PPC version of BOINC on that though? |
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BOINC client :
Suggestion: Retry Connection countdown
(Message 11862)
Posted 29 Jul 2007 by dcdc Post: I wasn't really thinking of dial-up users in particular - more about machines that aren't on that much which will finish tasks but then not upload them before being switched off. I'd have thought retrying all connections from a given client (in serial as they do) would be better than them making the connection and sending one task, then disconnecting, and then repeating the same a later on... I understand the point about too many connections swamping the server but surely the server will just tell the client to wait if it's busy, in which case you've not lost out over the current functionality. |
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BOINC client :
Suggestion: Retry Connection countdown
(Message 11786)
Posted 25 Jul 2007 by dcdc Post: Hi all i'm not sure if this has been discussed/considered before, but I've noticed that if a machine doesn't/can't connect for a while and builds up a queue of completed jobs then when it comes to upload them they don't all upload at once. The countdowns continue and the retry isn't initiated until the countdown is complete on a task by task basis. It would seem beneficial to me to retry all transfers once a connection has been established, thereby increasing the likelihood of the jobs being uploaded if the connection is intermittent, and also reducing the number of connections to the project servers. I don't think it would have to be on a project by project basis either because if the connection problems are due to an intermittent internet connection then it's beneficial to retry all projects communications. |
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BOINC client :
Boinc and Disc De-fragging question.
(Message 11448)
Posted 2 Jul 2007 by dcdc Post: i rarely shut anything down when defragging as i've got it running as scheduled tasks that run at night and never have any problems with BOINC. Defrag skips locked files anyway... of course that means that locked files aren't defragged though ;) |
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BOINC client :
Service install without a password
(Message 10969)
Posted 16 Jun 2007 by dcdc Post: in xp if you navigate here: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList] and create a dword (value=0) with the same name as the username you want to hide, then it will be hidden. I use this batch file to create a hidden user account called 'Sandbox': net user Sandbox Password /add && net localgroup administrators Sandbox /add echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00> c:\hide.reg echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]>> c:\hide.reg echo "Sandbox"=dword:00000000>> c:\hide.reg REGEDIT /S c:\hide.REG DEL /Q c:\hide.REG Also, in XP, to make a user automatically log-in in you use Run > 'control userpasswords2'. Don't know whether it's changed in Vista tho... HTH Danny |
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BOINC Manager :
BOINC windows system tray message bubble
(Message 10897)
Posted 14 Jun 2007 by dcdc Post: i agree - i find the pop-up the most annoying boinc manager feature! i'd like to be able to disable it completely but don't think you can while bm is running?? |
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BOINC client :
Service install without a password
(Message 10815)
Posted 9 Jun 2007 by dcdc Post: Hi I don't have Vista but i would expect that you could copy a boinc folder to that machine and set boinc to run as a scheduled task on startup. hth Danny |
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BOINC Manager :
My wish list
(Message 10513)
Posted 27 May 2007 by dcdc Post: Hi I've got a request, although it might already be available(?) Is it possible to have BOINC only switch between projects once the running project checkpoints? I don't believe it does that at the moment, and I know about 'keep in memory' but a large proportion of the computers must get switched off while a project is part way between checkpoints but still held in memory. |
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BOINC Manager :
No screensavers
(Message 10420)
Posted 22 May 2007 by dcdc Post: did you install as a service? If so, the screensaver's won't work. THere is a workaround, but it's slightly less secure than running under a user account I believe: Computer Management > Services > BOINC > Properties > Log-on > Local System Account + Let this service interact with desktop. HTH Danny |
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BOINC client :
A Real Stumper
(Message 10391)
Posted 20 May 2007 by dcdc Post: it might be because of the priority/nice level of the boinc apps - I believe speedstep will still throttle the CPU if the intensive task is only low priority. Could you turn speedstep off, or do you use speedstep when running on batteries? |
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BOINC client :
Request: Automatic Purge Function
(Message 10263)
Posted 15 May 2007 by dcdc Post: This is handled by 2 flags: Can you clarify this pls? Does the client pick up an xml of WUs that are to be cancelled? How does the client know if the particular task it's running is to be cancelled or not? Or is it only tasks that have expired that can be cancelled? |
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BOINC client :
Request: Automatic Purge Function
(Message 10173)
Posted 10 May 2007 by dcdc Post: any idea where i can get some info on how it works? cheers Danny |
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BOINC client :
Request: Automatic Purge Function
(Message 10042)
Posted 7 May 2007 by dcdc Post: Some projects, such as CPDN, allow for their results/models to come in over the deadline and still catch credit. If BOINC would purge these automatically, hell would break loose. Then CPDN doesn't have to use it. I'm not suggesting everything that has expired is purged. If it's based on an xml of redundant tasks (as designated by the project) which is downloaded from the server then CPDN (or whoever) can include jobs that aren't required any more, but in CPDN's case that would probably only be really old (or buggy) tasks. It'd also have the advantage of allowing the project to remove jobs that have been downloaded but have then been shown to be problematic. I can't see any reason why it's not an option... |
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BOINC client :
Request: Automatic Purge Function
(Message 10034)
Posted 7 May 2007 by dcdc Post: Hi I've mentioned this before on Rom's blog and here too I think. Productivity can be increased by including an optional purge function into BOINC. With Rosetta I currently have a remote cruncher that is working away on jobs that have passed their deadline. It'll waste a few days on these until it catches up to some real work. This happens on all machines when they aren't used for a few days or have irregular usage patterns - once they're in use again everything has expired. If BOINC had a purge function then these tasks could be removed from the queue if no longer needed. AFAICS it's quite a simple function, requiring some form of XML to be downloaded from the project with a list of jobs (assuming the use of some kind of wildcards/masks to reduce the file-size) that aren't needed any more. cheers Danny |
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BOINC Manager :
Running BOINC on two computers
(Message 9917)
Posted 26 Apr 2007 by dcdc Post: yeah - that's fine. The stats will show both of your machines under your name then. |
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Web interfaces :
View user's General Preferences
(Message 9773)
Posted 21 Apr 2007 by dcdc Post: i'm with feet1st on this - being able to view a user's settings would be very useful in quite a few cases, and would allow much speedier resolution of many problems. It'd need to be done through a voluntary 'allow xxxx [drop-down] to view [read-only] my settings for x days'. It could be done very clearly and would be beneficial to the BOINC projects without otherwise reducing a user's privacy, and would then only give very limited info. |
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BOINC Manager :
windows sucks but boinc still runs
(Message 9628)
Posted 16 Apr 2007 by dcdc Post: try dumping the boinc.scr file back into c:\windows. You should be able to extract the file from the BOINC download... |
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