Need to know which projects are SMP aware

[networkman]

Okay, first off, I'll let you know that I've got two killer boxes coming to me this next week(yes, for "the basement"); the first is a Dual P4 2.8GHz Xeon rig(IBM), while the other is a Quad P3 550 Xeon(Compaq).
And I've got a few other Dual p3 boxes that are just kinda sitting around waiting for a project to present itself.

Secondly, ANY project is good for the first processor, although I've already decided to run the CPDN project on the first processor, so that's figured out now. I know from experience that SETI will recognize more than 1 cpu and the CLI is easily set up for it. Additionally, I know from experience that RC5/OGR support multiple processors natively, but I'd like to know what other projects support SMP as well.

If it makes a difference, the primary boxes above will be running Win2k or 2003. Sorry, but the amount of Linux I know wouldn't even fill a PostIt note. 😱

 

[Freewolf]

FaD

 

[ProviaFan]

Folding@Home (the CLI specifically) is very easy to run on SMP systems... one client per folder per CPU for each CPU (including virtual ones) that you have. Just make sure to view the advanced options and give each one a unique machine ID (1 through 4, for example). 🙂

 

[Unforgiven]

on my hyperthreading or dual cpu machines i run seti classic, dpad, fad, lifemapper, folding @ home & tsc with success. some are cli versions that require you to have different directories for each instance but run multithreaded none the less :beer:

 

[RaySun2Be]

Should I dare say it?

PICS!


We are definitely due for some updated pics of your basement, Networkman! 😀

 

[mondobyte]

FaD ... Find-a-Drug ... www.Find-a-Drug.org ... I run FaD on several SMP boxes (Intel & AMD) with great sucess. FaD automatically detects the number of processors and instantiates the correct number of clients to utilize all the processors or hyperthreads.

 

[Rattledagger]

All BOINC-projects, just remember to configure how many cpu's to use. 😉

BTW, since you're planning of running CPDN and is using Intel, the BOINC-version is reportedly around 20% faster than the "classic" version on Intel-cpu's. 😉

 

[soni]

Seventeen or Bust 😀

 

[Ken g6]

I haven't actually run a dual system, but Find-a-Drug looks like it would work very well, and it uses the least memory of any project I've tried lately. This helps when you need four copies in memory at once. 🙂

 

[MDE]

F@H is very easy to set up for SMP systems. If you want I can give you a link to a setup guide I wrote.

 

[mastertech01]

Originally posted by: mondobyte
FaD ... Find-a-Drug ... www.Find-a-Drug.org ... I run FaD on several SMP boxes (Intel & AMD) with great sucess. FaD automatically detects the number of processors and instantiates the correct number of clients to utilize all the processors or hyperthreads.

Yep! Too easy!

 

[networkman]

Thanks for all of the information guys(and gals if any). 🙂

Looks like FaD will be going on the Compaq quad then.. still trying to decide on the IBM.

 

[mastertech01]

FAD is friendly enough to let me run 4 instances on a dual 2.8 workstation (Nocona processors) and still let me use it for all my other activities. It isnt nearly so RAM hungry as D2OL was.

 

[networkman]

Is the FaD client configurable to just use a specific processor? For instance, I was thinking of running the CPDN client on the 1st of the two Xeon 2.8s, and then use FaD on the 2nd Xeon. This IBM is going to be my 2003 domain controller here at home - file/print sharing will be done on another server so there won't be much of a load on it anyway -- more cycles for DC projects. 😉

 

[mastertech01]

Rich Im not sure how you would go about that. It asks how many copies to run but doesnt specify which processors. You could probably set processor affinity to a particular program as long as you can tell which processor is which from Task Manager. Just a guess there.