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blckgrffn

blckgrffn

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Rudy Toody said:
They have a limit for work in process. One WU per core.
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I had to reboot one my macines (the i3) and reset the project. I was getting "communication deferred" for ~24 hours every time I tried to tell it to update, I think the process cost me two completed WU's that wouldn't upload...

It seems smoother now :)
 
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The Knights Who Say Ni! are creeping away from us!

We need one more Linux box (or more!)
 
biodoc

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I just replaced my Q6600 with a 3930K. Hopefully that'll help a little. :)
 
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Looks like we've moved into 1st place for now. :)

Great job guys! :thumbsup:
 
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biodoc said:
I just replaced my Q6600 with a 3930K. Hopefully that'll help a little. :)
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Haha! :awe:

I will fire up my folding Linux VM on one of my workstations later today and get that in the race... it's only four more cores, but this looks like it could be a tight race!

A couple more folks with Linux BOINC would be very much appreciated :)

Let's get our names on this one! :D

Added six more cores, will add the last two that I have handy for the long haul tomorrow. Yay VMs :)
 
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blckgrffn said:
Added six more cores, will add the last two that I have handy for the long haul tomorrow. Yay VMs :)
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:cool: I've got my 3930K running linux on a VM too. Some loss of ppd due to Windows overhead but it's doing ok. Darned if I can figure out a dual boot on this new rig. Maybe I'll do separate drives and do the unplug and plug in routine when I switch OS's. This is my new main rig so I need to have windows on it to keep the rest of the family happy...
 
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biodoc said:
:cool: I've got my 3930K running linux on a VM too. Some loss of ppd due to Windows overhead but it's doing ok. Darned if I can figure out a dual boot on this new rig. Maybe I'll do separate drives and do the unplug and plug in routine when I switch OS's. This is my new main rig so I need to have windows on it to keep the rest of the family happy...
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I hear ya'. All of mine are actually VMs, though, two just happen to be on ESXi, so I don't think there is much lost to the hypervisor on those.
 
biodoc

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We're closing in on 250K points and in first place! :eek:

Not bad for just the 3 of us, huh? :p
 
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biodoc said:
We're closing in on 250K points and in first place! :eek:

Not bad for just the 3 of us, huh? :p
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Haha, no.

First off, very nice main rig! :thumbsup:

With IVB-E cancelled (maybe? delayed too close to Haswell-E to matter?) and Haswell only being four cores across the mainstream space that appears to be the way to go and should be very high end for a couple years. If you accused me of being jealous you wouldn't be wrong! :p

I was thinking last night (how lame does this make me?) about how you could easily flip between some high performance Linux instances (ie, running them on a Type 1 Hypervisor) and your windows OS. It is a little complicated, but not too bad, I think... especially if you don't want to have to deal with multiple hard drives, etc. and how many crunchers you might have at any given time.

Given the relative high costs of hard drives, I think that is the main benefit of the approach I am advocating.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mi...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2004784

Basically, you have a USB key that you install ESXi 5 onto and then just leave it plugged in. Whenever you need to "boot" into linux, you just pick USB the one time when you reboot.

Then, if you have a full time linux box (or Windows server you don't mind tinkering with) you can create a bit of network storage to install the Linux guest onto/boot from in the future. If you did have a blank internal disk, you could have ESXi use that as a VM volume as well, but that might take a bit of the awesomeness out of the setup :)

If that sounds interesting to you (or anyone else...) let me know, I'd be more than happy to assist :)

(VCP and "Computers Careers Instructor teaching Virtualization @ the local Community College - not awesome credentials, but it's something :) )

Four boxes and sixteen cores to the cause! I am hoping to hit 250k before I turn it down. A cool week here is most helpful... when the temperatures where in the 70's I nearly had to shut down my main rig as it was super heating our office...
 
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blckgrffn said:
Haha, no.

First off, very nice main rig! :thumbsup:

With IVB-E cancelled (maybe? delayed too close to Haswell-E to matter?) and Haswell only being four cores across the mainstream space that appears to be the way to go and should be very high end for a couple years. If you accused me of being jealous you wouldn't be wrong! :p

I was thinking last night (how lame does this make me?) about how you could easily flip between some high performance Linux instances (ie, running them on a Type 1 Hypervisor) and your windows OS. It is a little complicated, but not too bad, I think... especially if you don't want to have to deal with multiple hard drives, etc. and how many crunchers you might have at any given time.

Given the relative high costs of hard drives, I think that is the main benefit of the approach I am advocating.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mi...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2004784

Basically, you have a USB key that you install ESXi 5 onto and then just leave it plugged in. Whenever you need to "boot" into linux, you just pick USB the one time when you reboot.

Then, if you have a full time linux box (or Windows server you don't mind tinkering with) you can create a bit of network storage to install the Linux guest onto/boot from in the future. If you did have a blank internal disk, you could have ESXi use that as a VM volume as well, but that might take a bit of the awesomeness out of the setup :)

If that sounds interesting to you (or anyone else...) let me know, I'd be more than happy to assist :)

(VCP and "Computers Careers Instructor teaching Virtualization @ the local Community College - not awesome credentials, but it's something :) )

Four boxes and sixteen cores to the cause! I am hoping to hit 250k before I turn it down. A cool week here is most helpful... when the temperatures where in the 70's I nearly had to shut down my main rig as it was super heating our office...
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I'll look into ESXi to see if it's right for me. I was considering VMware workstation some time back but the cost + cost of a Windows license turned me off. I'd rather put the money into hardware so that's why I'm a linux guy. I could always move the Q9550 back to the family rig role since no one complained about it but it's nice to have the new hardware at my feet if you know what I mean.

We're doing well but L'Alliance Francophone is ramping up for a challenge!
 
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kubuntu 11.10 64 bit & OpenSUSE 12.1 64-bit

ESXi is free? That's cheap at twice the price. :)
 
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