**BOINC: S@H NOW IN BETA TEST!!!!**

[Spacehead]

Well, if anyone want to get in on the testing, now's your chance!

BOINC

 

[Assimilator1]

Too late I think??

BOINC is under development. The source code is available. We are currently conducting a beta test of BOINC using the SETI@home and Astropulse applications (thanks, but we don't need more beta testers at this point).

Hope things are going well!

 

[Spacehead]

Jeez, they just released it yesterday
Maybe it's only for those that already have an account till the start letting more people in?

 

[Confused]

Hopefully someone else on the BOINC Beta can tell me if they've recieved any emails about this, because Dan's not paid his fvcking webhosting fees and my email address isn't recieving any bloody emails :|


Garry

 

[Assimilator1]

Bummer

Spacehead
Maybe they only want a very small number of Betas atm? + I bet loads of people signed up

 

[jhites]

I would think that most have seen the quote below, but I thought it was some good information for any that may not have read about the changeover. From everything that I have seen recently, it looks like it could be late November before the changeover. Does that date sound about right?

We will soon release a new version of SETI@home, based on BOINC, a general-purpose platform for distributed computing projects like SETI@home. Eventually other distributed computing projects (like Folding@home and ClimatePrediction.net) will also use BOINC, and you'll be able to share your computer time among projects of your choosing.

BOINC makes it possible for us to release new versions of SETI@home without requiring you to download and install new software. It will also let us do new analyses of the SETI@home data, looking for other types of radio signals (such as short pulses from evaporating black holes).

Switching to SETI@home/BOINC will be easy:
# Create an account using the SETI@home web site. This will give you an account ID, sent by email. Note: accounts will created automatically for all current SETI@home users (see below).
# Download and install the BOINC client program when it becomes available.
# Uninstall SETI@home.
# When you first run the BOINC client, enter your SETI@home account ID.
Stages of the transition
We don't have an exact timetable yet, but the transition will be staged as follows:

1. We will make a snapshot of SETI@home user information (accounts, teams, profiles) and will use it to initialize the SETI@home/BOINC database. We will then launch the SETI@home/BOINC project.
2. Over the next month or so we will send email to all SETI@home users, giving them their new account IDs and recommending that they switch to BOINC. During this period you can continue to run the current SETI@home, and your results will be recorded and used. New SETI@home accounts and team changes can be made, but will not be carried over to BOINC.
3. We will turn off the current SETI@home server. At this point you will need to switch to SETI@home/BOINC.

What will happen to my workunit totals?

BOINC keeps track of your computer's work in terms of actual computation, not workunits. This is necessary because BOINC projects may have workunits of many different "sizes". Because of this change, all SETI@home/BOINC accounts will start with zero credit.

However, the workunit totals from the current SETI@home will be recorded in our database, and a section of our web site will show the final totals.
What will happen with SETI@home teams?

All current SETI@home teams, and their membership, will be copied over to SETI@home/BOINC. The work totals for teams will also start from zero.
What will happen with programs like SETIQueue and SETI Monitor?

These programs (which have been very useful with SETI@home Classic) won't work with SETI@home/BOINC. Their main function (buffering multiple work units) is provided by BOINC itself, which allows you to specify how much work your computer should get each time it contacts the server.
Will the format of input and output files change?

Yes. Programs which display information about the signals found in SETI@home work units will need to be modified to support the new (XML) data formats used by SETI@home/BOINC. Authors of such programs are encouraged to contact the SETI@home team for sample input and output files.

 

[TAandy]

Originally posted by: Confused
Hopefully someone else on the BOINC Beta can tell me if they've recieved any emails about this, because Dan's not paid his fvcking webhosting fees and my email address isn't recieving any bloody emails :|


Garry

Heard nothing here.

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: TAandy

Originally posted by: Confused
Hopefully someone else on the BOINC Beta can tell me if they've recieved any emails about this, because Dan's not paid his fvcking webhosting fees and my email address isn't recieving any bloody emails :|


Garry

Heard nothing here.

Thank god for that. I've changed my registered email address with AP (which i presume is the same account for all of BOINC?) so hopefully any new messages will come through to my other account.


Garry

 

[IsOs]

I still haven't seen the fun stuff. I use SETIQueue to monitor production of each of my machines. It looks like I'll be doing something else after SETI1:frown:

 

[SirUlli]

what i know, tomorrow at Monday the fun is starting, but at first only for the Beta BOINC testers.

Sir Ulli

 

[GeoffS]

Lots of chatter on the DPC site

http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_topics/5

Geoff

 

[Robor]

When is this going to end????

Account Creation is Disabled

Account creation is disabled for Astropulse at the moment. Please try again later.

 

[Robor]

Question... Can I install the software and contribute even if I don' t get credit??? I just want to try out the software so I know what to expect.

 

[SirUlli]

Originally posted by: Robor
Question... Can I install the software and contribute even if I don' t get credit??? I just want to try out the software so I know what to expect.

NO, if you have no Account, it doesnt work.

Sir Ulli

 

[ericlp]

Originally posted by: IsOs
I still haven't seen the fun stuff. I use SETIQueue to monitor production of each of my machines. It looks like I'll be doing something else after SETI1:frown:

Same here... What were you thinking about?

 

[Rattledagger]

Well, atleast a new BOINC-version is out, v2.05

Seti on the other hand haven't showed up yet...

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: ericlp

Originally posted by: IsOs
I still haven't seen the fun stuff. I use SETIQueue to monitor production of each of my machines. It looks like I'll be doing something else after SETI1:frown:

Same here... What were you thinking about?

Until there's a SETIQ replacment I will have to just let my mini workfleet go idle

 

[SirUlli]

from the BOINC Mailing list

On Monday 20 October 2003 08:21 pm, Karl Chen wrote:
> We've released BOINC 2.05; you can download at:
> http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/ap/download.php
>
> Astropulse 2.05 will be released soon (you won't have to do
> anything to upgrade Astropulse)
>
> SETI@home/BOINC will be released soon (you won't have to do
> anything to start crunching SETI@Home)
>
> Kar

Sir Ullil

 

[networkman]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1

Originally posted by: ericlp

Originally posted by: IsOs
I still haven't seen the fun stuff. I use SETIQueue to monitor production of each of my machines. It looks like I'll be doing something else after SETI1:frown:

Same here... What were you thinking about?

Until there's a SETIQ replacment I will have to just let my mini workfleet go idle

I'm already planning to take my fleet over to the D2OL project once the current version of S@H ends.

 

[TAandy]

Nice one networkman, how many is that ?

 

[networkman]

At least a dozen rigs - all at roughly 1.4 GHz or better.

Hehe.. "All your basements are belong to us!"

 

[SirUlli]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1

Originally posted by: ericlp

Originally posted by: IsOs
I still haven't seen the fun stuff. I use SETIQueue to monitor production of each of my machines. It looks like I'll be doing something else after SETI1:frown:

Same here... What were you thinking about?

Until there's a SETIQ replacment I will have to just let my mini workfleet go idle

No chance to get a HTTP proxy in it, i think the people in Berkeley are know the problem, and are working on it, but at the first time we have all take
compromises to this.


edit: only Member from the BOINC Astropulse Team have the rights to test the SAH testing.

Happy Crunching
Ulli

 

[Coolkid]

Originally posted by: SirUlli
edit: only Member from the BOINC Astropulse Team have the rights to test the SAH testing.

Happy Crunching
Ulli

I am a member from the AP beta, how do i go about testing S@H aswell?
If i am able to, anyone that wants to test it can use my acct

 

[Spacehead]

Even though they just released BOINC v2.05 there is indication that shortly after the release of v2.06 they may allow new account creation, maybe in a couple of weeks.

Also there is an indication that SETI 1 will run atleast untill they figure out about a Q type function in BOINC.

 

[Assimilator1]

Sounds hopeful

NWM
I'll consider running another project on my work rigs if there's an equivalent to SETIQs functions ,in other words a single point to collect & send data with its own stats tracking.
Atm what I do is have SETIQ on 1 of the 3 rigs there ,with all those rigs getting WUs from that Q.Every friday I plug in my USB flash drive with another copy of SETIQ on it & flush 1 Q to the other(I briefly have 2 Qs running)I do this at home too.This is how I transfer WUs from my home Q to my work Q as well as results.Much easier than using the works dialup