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by petcherd
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

I finally got back over 20k PPD
by petcherd
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:57 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top
Replies: 3478
Views: 616317

Re: UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top

ChronoReverse wrote:
I must apologize for having my client off all summer because of the heat. It's getting pretty cold in my room so I'll get something running again.

Same here... plus a couple of Nehalems at the office.
by petcherd
Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:23 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: notFred vs. free ESX is not saving configuration
Replies: 0
Views: 2900

notFred vs. free ESX is not saving configuration

I just got a couple of serious workstations that will not be employed for real work until their project is ready. When life hands you Shoffners, fold! 2 @ Xeon X5472 with 16 GB of RAM I figured the fastest way to get them folding was to install VMWare ESXi v3.5 (you know, the latest freely downloada...
by petcherd
Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: New Notfred diskless version out
Replies: 206
Views: 174123

Re: New Notfred diskless version out

Support -smp 8 option.

I'm having some trouble with this on the USB stick: If I boot from the USB stick on an 8-core system, it tries to run two 4-core instances. I have to boot from the CD-ROM in order to get all 8 cores to work on one WU.
by petcherd
Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:20 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

I dunno what happened... I'm guessing Stanford changed the mix of WU's they're releasing so that my PPD jumped severely in relation to AMD folders or something.

Project Top 1000 !!!
... and then some.
by petcherd
Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:58 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top
Replies: 3478
Views: 616317

Re: UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top

jeffry55 wrote:
I was hoping you would hang around and kick out butts for a while. :wink:


I'll still be kickin' for a while; I just won't be kickin' as hard.
by petcherd
Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:58 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top
Replies: 3478
Views: 616317

Re: UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top

I've passed my peak of production, but I'm still working. I have started to return the machines I've borrowed.
by petcherd
Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:54 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Notfred's - Not detecting x86-64 CPU
Replies: 8
Views: 3253

Re: Notfred's - Not detecting x86-64 CPU

VT enabled in BIOS? ;) Bingo .... A little bit of "Google" informed me that all dell laptops come with VT disabled by default. Lenovo's also have it disabled by default, in case anyone else wonders. An easy switch in the BIOS enables it. My HP workstation also came with VT disabled in the...
by petcherd
Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Performance Tuning on NotFred
Replies: 4
Views: 2093

Re: Performance Tuning on NotFred

I had a feeling it would be that involved. I tried to "cheat" by editing the HTML code in /etc/folding/reconfigure.html to add a line for -8, but I couldn't get it to persist. I guess this would constitute a feature request for the next revision. Another thing I'd like to know: I fold on b...
by petcherd
Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:31 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Performance Tuning on NotFred
Replies: 4
Views: 2093

Re: Performance Tuning on NotFred

OK, I'll even settle for a not-so-easy way. Any takers?
by petcherd
Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:00 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Performance Tuning on NotFred
Replies: 4
Views: 2093

Performance Tuning on NotFred

Is there a way to set " -smp 8 " on NotFred's Folding set-up? What is the function of this honkin' huge .tar file in each folding directory instance? Is it just the periodic backup? If it is, can I set the backup interval to 0 and gain this USB "disk" space back for folding? I ke...
by petcherd
Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:38 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: SMP Client on Core i7
Replies: 24
Views: 4810

Re: SMP Client on Core i7

Go for it! The i7 is an amazing folding engine.

I borrowed a SuperMicro X8DTN+ with two Core i7's and 12 GB of RAM a few weeks ago. I couldn't touch the HDD, so I ran NotFred's folding CD with a 4 GB USB thumb-drive. I think the rig generated over 12k PPD!
by petcherd
Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:03 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

Likewise, Team top 100!

Err, uh, make that Team top 40!
by petcherd
Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:47 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: SIX MILLION POINTS in the last 7 days!! 6,000,000
Replies: 32
Views: 7496

Re: SIX MILLION POINTS in the last 7 days!! 6,000,000

My current pace of 44 kPPD is an anomaly. I will have to return my borrowed equipment in a few more hours.
by petcherd
Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:56 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

ahhh.... 20 kPPD! That's much better.
by petcherd
Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:35 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

Zoom! Where's the "Kaboom!!!???" There was supposed to be an earth-shattering "Kaboom!!!" -Marvin the Martian It seems to be.... 512 MB is not enough space to hold the work for six instances of 64-bit folding on a 24-core machine. I only got 46% of my first six WUs folded, then ...
by petcherd
Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:36 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

Ahem....

Zoom!
by petcherd
Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:52 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Diskless Folding Virtual Appliance
Replies: 164
Views: 35541

Re: Diskless Folding Virtual Appliance

My virtual appliances are a couple of revisions old. I had hoped to upgrade it to the current version by adding the current fold.iso as a virtual CD, but apparently, the CD only updates USB drives, not virtual HDDs. Is there any way to update the VM without losing significant progress on the WUs tha...
by petcherd
Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:22 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Notfred Diskless Folding Machine ID?
Replies: 2
Views: 1716

Re: Notfred Diskless Folding Machine ID?

Sou might also try searching this forum and the Stanford forum for the keyword "Sneakernet."
by petcherd
Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:05 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Bragging Thread
Replies: 524
Views: 375443

Re: Bragging Thread

As soon as stats update, I should break the 100,000 point barrier.
by petcherd
Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:33 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Recommended client strategy
Replies: 35
Views: 6564

Re: Recommended client strategy

You are correct. I cannot run a 64-bit guest on a 32-bit host. I'm seriously considering the option of building a 32-bit XP Pro guest machine to take-over the administrative duties that my host machine is handling, then moving this machine out to a separate data partition and rebuilding my host box ...
by petcherd
Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:30 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Recommended client strategy
Replies: 35
Views: 6564

Re: Recommended client strategy

My box has 2 chips with 2 cores each and HyperThreading enabled, so it appears as 8 cores to 32-bit WinXP (the host OS). It has 2 GB of RAM I've installed VMWare Server on three VMs with 512MB of RAM and two virtual CPUs each. Each of those three VMs has chosen to run two single-instance clients ins...
by petcherd
Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:42 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Recommended client strategy
Replies: 35
Views: 6564

Re: Recommended client strategy

OK, I'm now running VMWare server and three VMs with notfred's folding appliance set to two CPUs per VM. It runs a pair of single-instance clients per VM. Would there be any advantage to running as SMP with "only" two virtual CPUs, or am I doing it the best way my little machine can handle?
by petcherd
Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Recommended client strategy
Replies: 35
Views: 6564

Re: Recommended client strategy

Sadly, the legitimate justification for this machine on a desk is MS Outlook (3rd party plugins mean no Evolution or other Linux client). I must run Windoze on it. Is the Windows SMP client stable? I've already got the dotNet 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x frameworks installed.
by petcherd
Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:38 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Recommended client strategy
Replies: 35
Views: 6564

Recommended client strategy

I have a dualie Paxville (Intel Xeon 7030) with 2 GB of RAM and a card that WinXP's device manger and nVidia's website identify as a NVIDIA Quadro PCI-E Series running driver version 65.73 It's a bit of over-kill for Email, but I'm just going to fold some proteins instead of complaining about waste....
by petcherd
Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: ATI vs nVidia Performance
Replies: 17
Views: 3289

Re: ATI vs nVidia Performance

Wait a minute, there...

Does this mean I can buy an AGP video card that will turn my silly little Celeron 300 running Windows 2k into a reasonably good folding platform? Are there any PCI (not PCIe) video cards that can fold?
by petcherd
Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:49 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Processor / Mobo diagnostic software recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 2106

Re: Processor / Mobo diagnostic software recommendations?

Some of my newer boxes have powerful AMD and nVidia video cards, but the "real work" applications they run aren't graphically involved, so I've got the drivers configured as VESA VGA. Is there a program that will probe AGP and PCIe to tell me what I've got running there?
by petcherd
Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: I'm new to 2630
Replies: 4
Views: 1514

Re: I'm new to 2630

My personal workload is negligible. The best box I own is a Celeron with 256 MB, overclocked to 300 MHz. At work, I can borrow a machine or two when they're not busy doing "real work," so a folding client like notfred's where all the work stays on a USB stick is ideal. Constant: 1 instance...
by petcherd
Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:44 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Processor / Mobo diagnostic software recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 2106

Re: Processor / Mobo diagnostic software recommendations?

Golly! That appears to be just the thing.... Is there a Linux equivalent somewhere?

-dP
by petcherd
Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:24 am
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Processor / Mobo diagnostic software recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 2106

Processor / Mobo diagnostic software recommendations?

I've noticed that it can be difficult to distinguish the difference between a machine that has Dual-core processors with Hyperthreading enabled and a machine that has full Quad-core processors. Can anyone recommend a diagnostic program that will run on Windows and/or Linux and tell me quickly: Proce...
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