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| 1) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112668 Posted 12 Sep 2023 by MossyRock |
Thanks for your information, Dave. I used to run CPDN. Right now, my main goal is to drastically reducing my energy costs. We moved to an area with insane electricity costs (upwards to $0.35/kwh) and I saw our electric bills increase $100/mo over what was already an unacceptable amount when running my big machines 24/7. This is why I'm looking at AMD NUCs. So, I'm really not concerned about throughput as long as the WUs complete before their deadlines. |
| 2) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112664 Posted 10 Sep 2023 by MossyRock |
Thanks, Niko. I'm looking at AMD NUCs now. There aren't that many cooling options other than stock for them, at first glance. |
| 3) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112618 Posted 1 Sep 2023 by MossyRock |
Bryn and Keith, good points, thanks. I will keep these in mind. I will probably go with an AMD platform since I'm more familiar with them. |
| 4) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112608 Posted 31 Aug 2023 by MossyRock |
Hi bwindsor22, Thanks for your information. I was having trouble locating the computer that has the Amazon item number B0BTHP8TNW but found the other one. It is an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with a max CPU temp of 105 C. You're seeing a motherboard temp of 87 C. Can you get a CPU temp? |
| 5) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112601 Posted 30 Aug 2023 by MossyRock |
Thanks, Keith. |
| 6) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112599 Posted 30 Aug 2023 by MossyRock |
Thank your for your reply and the links any your analysis spreadsheet. Do you run these at 100% on all cores? What core temps are you seeing and what are your ambient temps? |
| 7) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112598 Posted 30 Aug 2023 by MossyRock |
Thank you. Reducing the number of cores is indeed better than throttling. |
| 8) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112594 Posted 30 Aug 2023 by MossyRock |
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience running the small-form-factor NUC computers with BOINC projects. The reason I am considering NUCs is that I'm trying to reduce my energy usage. Therefore, my primary concern is not so much the performance. It is the heat. With my past power-hungry desktop machines with GPUs I was always able to run them at 100%, 24/7 because I installed cooling systems as necessary to keep temps within limits. With off-the-shelf NUCs I'm not so sure that their stock cooling systems and designs would handle BOINC 100%/24/7. I'd hate to have to throttle them to keeps temps in line. I'm looking at keeping the cost at below $400 per NUC and I will be needing at least two. Any guidance? Thank you very much! |
| 9) Message boards : Questions and problems : Science United ???
Message 84208 Posted 4 Jan 2018 by MossyRock |
In reading that post more carefully, I see that David Anderson said, "TBD is not a BOINC replacement. It's a new project manager for volunteers who want to use it, and it's technology to help HPC centers add BOINC back ends." I hope that this approach is maintained. |
| 10) Message boards : Questions and problems : Science United ???
Message 84204 Posted 4 Jan 2018 by MossyRock |
Well, I certainly hope that this is an unplanned move/mistake, because to foist something like this on us without warning, with no explanation or transition, will result in a lot of p*ssed off crunchers. I read through the links explaining the history and reasoning behind a move to the "Science United" model and can understand the desire to simplify volunteer computing (VC) for people who are not that tech savvy in order to grow VC participation. However, the removal of granular control of what I'm crunching left me stone cold. I would think that the majority of the very dedicated crunchers, who are passionate about certain projects, would feel the same way. If the existing BOINC model can exist simultaneously with this "new" model and I can still use the existing BOINC model, I'll be ok. However, if the existing BOINC model is replaced with this "new" model, I think it will be a disaster. |
| 11) Message boards : Questions and problems : Science United ???
Message 84184 Posted 4 Jan 2018 by MossyRock |
The URL http://boinc.berkeley.edu goes to a site called "Science United." It says "Science United alpha test." The URL https://boinc.berkeley.edu goes to the familiar BOINC home page. As you can see, the only difference is the "s" in the http. What is up with this? What is "Science United?" Thanks. |
| 12) Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinccmd --get_messages output
Message 80481 Posted 26 Aug 2017 by MossyRock |
Awesome! Thank you, Juha. |
| 13) Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinccmd --get_messages output
Message 80467 Posted 25 Aug 2017 by MossyRock |
When boinccmd --get_messages is executed, there is a section of each message that is in parenthesis, like "(low)", "(Internal Error)", etc., and indicates the severity of the message. I am writing some scripts that will read and parse BOINC messages and I need to know what all of the possible values are of this severity text, if there is a defined set of values. Does anybody know? Thanks. |
| 14) Message boards : Questions and problems : Event Log Filter
Message 65439 Posted 14 Nov 2015 by MossyRock |
Thank you Ageless, SekeRob2, and noderaser. This is excellent information. I've considered using BOINCTasks so now I will try it. I like the way it handles multiple BOINC clients. I also appreciate the info about the stdoutdae.txt file - I could write and run a script to parse it and present a filtered view. The challenge here is determining a comprehensive set of target strings to search for so that I don't miss something important. |
| 15) Message boards : Questions and problems : Event Log Filter
Message 65430 Posted 14 Nov 2015 by MossyRock |
I review my Boinc Manager's Event Log regularly to see if there were tasks that ended abnormally or if there are other issues that I need to address. The amount of data to sift through is enormous. Is there a way to set some kind of filter to just display errors/failures? I see the Diagnostic Log Flag checkboxes but these add to the amount of data. I'm looking for a quick way to do this, like you can do with Windows' Event Viewer's Custom Views > Administrative Events filter. Thanks. |
| 16) Message boards : Promotion : How to promote BOINC in local school system
Message 64564 Posted 30 Sep 2015 by MossyRock |
Thank you, Ageless, for the information. |
| 17) Message boards : Promotion : How to promote BOINC in local school system
Message 64506 Posted 29 Sep 2015 by MossyRock |
I've been involved with BOINC for almost a decade, and I've been thinking about promoting BOINC in our local school system, as a volunteer. If I could even get one student to latch onto BOINC I would feel like my efforts would have been worth it. However, I think the potential could go much father than that. I can't seem to find any articles, best practices, or case studies where BOINC is being used in junior high or high schools. I'm particularly interested in how an outside volunteer would evangelize BOINC and get such a program up and running. Could you provide some guidance or links? Thank you very much. |
| 18) Message boards : Questions and problems : Strange Boinc Manager Task Switching Behavior
Message 54778 Posted 6 Jul 2014 by MossyRock |
Update: It's now switching amongst all projects in a regular manner. |
| 19) Message boards : Questions and problems : Strange Boinc Manager Task Switching Behavior
Message 54649 Posted 30 Jun 2014 by MossyRock |
Thanks, Claggy, for the explanation. BM finished all of the POGS tasks with only 9 hours to spare, much too close for comfort for me. Now it has no POGS tasks queued, saying that it doesn't need any, opting for the other three projects instead. It's crunched extremely little POGS as compared to the others aver the past few weeks. Whatever... I'll just let it alone for a month to see if it finally decides to start including POGS again to any material degree. |
| 20) Message boards : Questions and problems : Strange Boinc Manager Task Switching Behavior
Message 54630 Posted 28 Jun 2014 by MossyRock |
Minimum work buffer: .10 days Max additional work buffer: .50 days |
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