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What to do after SETI Classic?

Fardringle

Fardringle

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I know this has been asked before but a search through recent posts didn't turn up anything...

I have been running SETI@home for nearly 4 1/2 years now and have enjoyed being a part of the team. However, I'm not entirely sure I want to run the BOINC version of SETI just because I'd like to try something new.

I had planned to keep running SETI classic on all of my computers until the very end of the project, but I will be at a site tomorrow that houses a large majority of my 'herd' and I probably won't be there again for at least another month or two. Since Berkeley has announced that they hope to officially end the Classic project around the beginning of April I'm thinking about switching over the PCs at the office to a new project while I am there tomorrow.

I am looking for suggestions on what project I can make a difference in both for the project itself, as well as for the team (I.E. a project that is in a close 'race' with another team similar the way to SETI has been with BBR for the past year or so). I like the idea of both the Folding@Home and Find A Drug projects, but I would need to have a client that is stable and can be run as a hidden service so that the "induhviduals" at this office don't mess with it. And preferably one that does not use up a significant amount of RAM so that it will not interfere with the applications used at this office that require a good amount of available system memory. 🙂
 
Find A Drug is stable and the TeAm has a bit of rivalry going with TIMO.
It can be run as a service, but I'm not sure about hidden.
There's a guide to running FaD as a service here
We're team #2039 btw 😀
 
ive never had any crashing with the FaD client and it can be hidden completely from the system tray so that no one can mess with it 🙂 both are great projects but i think FaD is more "hands-off" than F@H. either way i think you are picking 2 worthy projects and im sure you crunching will be appreciated no matter what project you go with :thumbsup:
 
Find-a-Drug! We are definitely in a race right now and are trying to keep are lead. The client has been really stable for me, it only uses about 7MB RAM, and has a really cool network install. As far as hidden, you can hide the system tray icon, and have no graphics or any other windows appear. For my users, they cannot tell it is running unless they go to the task manager. No problems here...
 
Originally posted by: Fardringle
Hmm. Three quick votes for Find-A-Drug. I think I'm sensing a trend here. 😉
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You can make that four votes for find a drug. Best project I have ran besides Seti and has given me less problems than seti.
 
What to do after SETI Classic?

Take a break and go fishing. Leave the computers off for a while and relax with the family/friends. There'll always be other projects available to join later. 😉
 
Originally posted by: networkman
What to do after SETI Classic?

Take a break and go fishing. Leave the computers off for a while and relax with the family/friends. There'll always be other projects available to join later. 😉
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Now that is a GREAT idea! I haven't been fishing with the family for more than a year. 😛

Most of the computers I run SETI on stay turned on anyway at the office so I might as well put them to good use even while I'm fishing. 😉
 
Because of the RAM comment, I'd say Find-a-Drug. It's about as stable as my parents' marriage on a weekend when my dad's drunk and barbecuing.(Can't get more stable than that, it's not possible. 😉 )
 
9. I have to plug Seventeen or Bust, too, but as I keep learning about FaD, it keeps looking better and better. 🙂
 
I don't know. With a 100% unanimous vote, I have to suspect some ballot box stuffing here. Either that or you're all just as insane (or tired) as I am and can't be bothered to come up with a different answer. 😱
 
Originally posted by: JarrodH
I am definetly going to try FAD and maybe put a machine or two on Team Sentinal to try different projects.
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Great idea about joining TAS. You can never go wrong with that one! 😉

There are so many projects that's really fun to do. I've tried a lot of them and can't say that there's one specific one that stands out above the rest. Some are more meaningfull and with others it's easier to climb in the stats! 😀
 
joining TAS is another great idea, i agree with that completely! i fell in love with F@H after running it for TAS. but since the choices were between F@H and FaD i figured i'd vote for FaD 🙂
 
Well, SETI@home for BOINC. Going this route, you will just continue crunching seti. 😉

The BOINC client for windows has 3 install-choises, there the 3rd is as service. The client is multi-cpu, build in caching and multi-project in case wants to try some other projects also... As for memory-requirements, the computer needs to have more than 64 MB ram to get work, but actual memory-usage is similar to "classic" so shouldn't be a problem.

The client can be configured to only run between specific hours, or pause when users active. These settings is changeable on a web-page, so can easily change things if needed. There is also a detailed listing of all current work downloaded to every computer, so can also monitor all computers if any problems.

You can also run other BOINC-projects or even multiple, CPDN, Einstein@home, Predictor@home and LHC.
CPDN uses roughly 50 MB memory, and 650 MB hd-space so if space is a problem isn't the best project... Of the rest, the disk-requirements shouldn't be a problem, but some of them uses more memory than seti@home.
Note, if you chooses LHC and/or Predictor@home, you should also choose another project, since especially with LHC there can be times with little or no work...
 
TAS is great and I really enjoy it.

But it would not be practical for your remote office herd.

I am going to vote for F@H. It will run as a service and gives up cycles to the user right now. (Although I haven't noticed FaD running either)

For such a mature project, it is a shame that the TeAm is not ranked higher.

Look here " http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_overtake.php?s=&t=198 " for the teams ahead of us and how much difference you could make!

😀
 
Originally posted by: Ken_g6
9. I have to plug Seventeen or Bust, too, but as I keep learning about FaD, it keeps looking better and better. 🙂
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We meet all your requirements. Rock solid client that is totally invisible with the default service install (which is as easy as typing two words into a command prompt), and no more than about 15 megs of memory usage. We're in number two right now and have a great deal of competition with Ars Technica (TPR), including posting on each other's forums. They're crushing us at the moment but one big borg could turn that around as the project isn't as large as some others. Low-end P4s and Celerons (common in office environments) punch well above their weight and you could get the glory of discovering a prime!

The one thing we don't have is tens of supporters posting in this thread 😱

But whichever you join, thanks for considering other projects. There IS life after SETI 🙂
 
Those suggesting TAS: TAS sounds interesting and fun, and I might do that with my two home PCs, but since I go into this office at most once a month, and sometimes not even that, switching projects regularly really isn't an option.

Ken and Allio: Seventeen or Bust is a cool mathematical project and has real-world uses. I'll keep it in mind. 🙂

Rattledagger: Nothing at all wrong with SETI and I may return someday, but for now I just want to do something new and different. :heart:
 
OK, so it looks like I'm gonna try FaD (at least for a little while). Anything special I should know about it? I know that there are different projects you can choose to run. Do any of those projects' work units have problems if the computer is turned off in the middle of a unit? Some of the computers at the remote office are only on during business hours so I want to make sure they don't lose work when the computers get shut down at night.. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Fardringle
I had planned to keep running SETI classic on all of my computers until the very end of the project, but I will be at a site tomorrow that houses a large majority of my 'herd' and I probably won't be there again for at least another month or two. Since Berkeley has announced that they hope to officially end the Classic project around the beginning of April I'm thinking about switching over the PCs at the office to a new project while I am there tomorrow.
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I wouldn't exactly engrave that April 1 comment into stone. Matt has said recently that they will give advanced notice when they're going to shut down the servers. I would imagine that they will give about a months notice.
 
Originally posted by: Fardringle
Rattledagger: Nothing at all wrong with SETI and I may return someday, but for now I just want to do something new and different. :heart:
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Einstein@home, Predictor@home and LHC is all new projects. 😉

LHC isn't currently accepting new users, but the 2 others wants more users.

Also, more BOINC-projects is expected to be released later this year...

 
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