DC project that relies less on computing power ?

[Valhalla1]

I am finding having my p2 350 linux file server cruching EECP-109 24/7 is not cutting it... 23dp per 24 hours, while the p4's at work can finish that many in a few hours. someone can run ECCP for just a little while every few days and own my box's 24/7 output. is there a DC project that rewards more on consistency of cruching and less than cpu clock speed and fpu power?

yes i know computing power is the whole point pretty much but if there was a project where the output levels off and u dont really get much extra output for more mhz...

 

[vss1980]

Yes and no. It really depends on what you class as distributed computing.

There are distributed computing projects which try and bandwidth test internet sites (these are usually the paying ones also), but I dont really deem that as a true distributed computing project. These dont really rely too heavily on CPU power as most processors can easily handle the data flow on normal cable/dsl connections.

Head over to this site for more info on distributed projects available.

 

[Valhalla1]

well I'm not really interested in doing it unless there is competition involved, preferable something Team Anandtech has its masses on already... anyone suggest a better use of a mostly idle (except for disk->network I/O) but 24/7 available 350mhz linux box


alright i just downloaded the CLI linux seti@home client and running it now... been running for about 10 minutes and my cpu shows as not being used, maybe 1%... eccp topped it out the whole time. it is "searching for gausians" etc..

is it working? is it not supposed to eat the cpu or what?

*edit* okay.. well maybe it was using the cpu, but gkrellm (which correctly shows 100% for eccp) was not "counting" setiathome in its cpu display and showed cpu at 1%.. i ran top and it shows seti banging hard on the cpu