Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of BoincIntro


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Dec 21, 2007, 10:09:43 AM (17 years ago)
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    27 == Which applications are suitable for BOINC? ==
     27== Which applications are suitable for BOINC? == #suitable-apps
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    2929BOINC is designed to support applications that have large computation requirements, storage requirements, or both. The main requirement of the application is that it be divisible into a large number (thousands or millions) of jobs that can be done independently.
     
    3535 '''Low data/compute ratio''':: Input and output data are sent through commercial Internet connections, which may be expensive and/or slow. As a rule of thumb, if your application produces or consumes more than a gigabyte of data per day of CPU time, then it may be cheaper to use in-house cluster computing rather than volunteer computing.
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    37 == What resources are needed to create a BOINC project? ==
     37== What resources are needed to create a BOINC project? == #resources
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    3939If you have an existing application, figure on about three man-months to create the project: