How many blocks do i need to feed a duron945 for 8 days SOLID?

[gogeeta13]

Also, how do i make a buffer that big? Thanks. I am going to Orlando florida for a week or so

 

[Nohr]

Well, a Duron 945 should do about 1034 blocks a day, according to the Team AnandTech Distributed Computing Speed Calculations page. So 8 days would require around 8272 blocks, though I'd aim a bit higher as I find my computers tend to do a little bit better than that page predicts.

As for how to make a buffer that big, I'm not sure. I can't remember what the client's limit is. Set your packet size to 33 to request the packet's of work containing the most blocks.

 

[gogeeta13]

How do i set my packet size to 33? i am leaving early tommarow...

 

[JimMc]

Edit your .ini to look like this:

[rc5]
fetch-workunit-threshold=9600
preferred-blocksize=33
randomprefix=58

That should do it.

 

[gogeeta13]

in my client:
" and PUSH!"
[Jun 09 19:06:25 UTC] Retrieved RC5 work unit 2580 of 20578 (12.53% transfe ..."

why is it getting 20k worth?

 

[gogeeta13]

it is only fetching up to ~6400

 

[IsOs]

Awhile back, I used to fill the buff-in, rename it, fetch again, rename it and fetch one more time then merge the three together.

 

[gogeeta13]

merge?

 

[HomerSapien]

Try the program "Sneaky" it will let you get up to 99,999 blocks.Polos web page

 

[gogeeta13]

it isnt working. it goes to fetch to the floppy then does nothing...

 

[AppleTalking]

gogeeta13: you can merge two buff-in files together using the command prompt.

dnetc -import filename.rc5

where filename is the name of the file you want to import into the main buff-in file.

Nick

 

[gogeeta13]

what command prompt? where is this command prompt you speak of? the commmand prompt for 2k? do i need to be in the dnet folder?

 

[gogeeta13]

ok, got it...Thanks!

 

[Polo]

1) fetch from DNet to floppy --> makes a in buffer on the floppy.
2) fetch from floppy to PC --> merges the buffer on your computer with the one on the floppy.

Sneaky must be located in your RC5 folder. Usually it works well.

 

[bot2600]

hhhmmmm.... it always make me feel my age when I talk about doing something from the command prompt and they go "command prompt? what command prompt..."

sigh,
Bot

 

[dANt3R]

Or just fetch via email. I do that once a week and get a payload good enough for about 7 days on a dual gig.

Send an email to fetch@distributed.net with the following two lines in the body:

blocksize=33
numblocks=9999

Within a few minutes, you should receive a message back with the specified number/size of blocks attached as "buff-in.rc5".