SB: Daily Stats and Milestones - 06/03 - 13 days til we're passed

[Confused]

Stats are available here, and Geoff's stats are available here


Garry

 

[Unforgiven]

i cannot ignore a cry for help so i signed up. how do i take advantage of my hyperthreading box to run 2 instances of this project?

 

[Confused]

Thanks, Unforgiven

The best way is to use the Service installer that is provided with the application.

Here are some basic destructions to get it set up.
Install/configure the client with your username, proxy settings (if needed) and auto-retry time. Make sure you UNCHECK the box that says "Auto start on Windows Boot". Save settings, then exit the client.
Open up a cmd window, and dir you way to C:\Program Files\SB
Type the following, each on their own line, making sure to press Enter after each:

sobsvc -i
sobsvc -o2
sobsvc -s
sobsvc -m

(Optional settings)
sobsvc -r:200
sobsvc -k
sobsvc -x

Then type:

net start "Seventeen or Bust Service"


You should then see two clients open up (To see what those installation switches do, check out the ReadMeNT.txt file in the SB directory)


Garry

 

[Ken g6]

You need to use the service installer to run 2 instances. Follow the instructions in readme9x.txt or readment.txt, and then run "sobsvc -p:2". (I think. I haven't actually tried it.)

 

[Unforgiven]

thanx for the info but im not really down with installing projects as a service. is there any way to set the processor usage in the gui or do i just need to run 2 instances of the gui client? do you think i could just add the -o2 switch after the shortcut for the project to make it do the same thing for dual cpu? im gonna try that and see if that works for the standard client and report back.

 

[Confused]

Nope, no way AFAIK to get it to run two instances without using the service install.

If you want better control over it, then you can always go to the Services control panel and set the type to Manual (rather than Automatic) then just make a batch script with net start "seventeen or bust service" and one for net stop.


Garry

 

[Unforgiven]

yeah my testing was a no go. oh well, i run seti on the other half of the cpu so thats ok. at least its a contribution somehow

 

[SlangNRox]

I thought there was hardly any benefit (under 5%) to running 2 instances on a HT box compared to just running 1 instance. Can anyone here confirm this?

Yes I am trying to get Unforgiven to give us his whole box to sob and not 1/2 to seti

 

[GeoffS]

Just threw 3 CPUs your way... an XP1800, 1900 & 2100

Geoff

 

[EvilWobbles]

i've moved an XP1800 and an XP1600 over to SOB as well.

 

[SlangNRox]

Thanks for returning to sob Geoffs and to EvilWobbles for adding more computers.

We welcome back anyone else who wants to start running again sob again. There must be a lot of you since only 16.5% of the team members submitted work yesterday.

 

[n0cmonkey]

When all the new parts come in, I'll look at giving one processor back to SoB. An Athlon MP 2400+ Ok?


Other processor has to go to md5crk though.

 

[Twioz]

Anyone know how fast an Athlon 64 3200 is in SoB?

 

[Zbox]

do any batch installs exist for this?

 

[SlangNRox]

Originally posted by: Zbox
do any batch installs exist for this?

I don't see any mention of batch installs on any of the faq pages but maybe someone else here can chime in. I haven't tried to install sob on a bunch of systems but I'm sure someone here can offer some assistance either with a batch install or how they installed it on many computers.

 

[Unforgiven]

what does the setting "transmit intermediate blocks" mean? does that mean that it wont upload/download until the entire test is done rather than each individual block? their FAQ section for this project is wordy but doesnt really explain the settings for configuration....

 

[SlangNRox]

Originally posted by: Unforgiven
what does the setting "transmit intermediate blocks" mean? does that mean that it wont upload/download until the entire test is done rather than each individual block? their FAQ section for this project is wordy but doesnt really explain the settings for configuration....

Transmit intermediate blocks just reports back to their servers. The only purpose of them is to report to the server so it knows that you are still working on that wu. I think the expiration date is 30 months from your last check in. It also give you accurate stats. Otherwise your daily rate will be really low if it doesn't report back to the server until you are done with a block. Right now I think it takes around 4 days to complete a wu on a fast system.

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: Zbox
do any batch installs exist for this?

Do you want something like the DPAD installer you were testing?

If so, then I might be able to cobble something together, as it does just use registry settings, so I should be able to replicate it. It won't happen immediately, as i'm not at work today (ironic, isn't it ) but i will do as soon as i can


Garry

 

[pizzaking]

Originally posted by: Zbox
do any batch installs exist for this?

I've written a little app that generates batch files for installing the client (saves you having to go through the installer everytime) and service (saves you learning all the switches). You can find it here:

http://www.bluetentacle.co.uk/dc/sobservice.htm

 

[xjamesx]

Signed up!

Thanks Confused:beer:

(I put Anandtech as my team, I hope that was right...)

 

[Minomine]

Added a P4 2.53, and a P4 3.0...hope they help

 

[Unforgiven]

i tell ya, all you gotta do is post a "shameless call for help" and the TeAm responds this is what makes TeAm AnandTech the best group of people in the DC community :beer: for you all!

 

[Zbox]

Thanks pizzaking

I've taken the install script and changed it a bit for my needs...

Now how do I run this thing in the background? I've tried disabling the interact with desktop option

 

[Zbox]

ahh nm... just had to reboot

but that still is somewhat of a problem. I don't want to have to do that on each of the PCs I install it on

 

[Unforgiven]

ok then give me all your computers and ill reboot them and run them for me sounds like a good deal to me...... :laugh: