congrats... 1/2009

[4JNA]

looks like all the 'way to go' threads have gone away...

came back after a christmas break to find the i was in the top 20 #4 spot. cool! :) i would hope that i get pushed out of the top 20, but with that said, i'm not slowing down... we might actually catch some of the teams that passed us at this rate. :D

way to go to AggieFRL, SteveMoody, and mc68k.

super job to macbandit going over 1 million, sparky76 going over 2 million, and zim getting ready to kick it 3 million style.

and of the big numbers, the reason this matters, my 'completed work units hero' is PSI Floor&FiberCare with more than 44,000 units completed. points are nice, but WUs matter. very cool. keep it up!

happy 2009 and merry folding to all.

EDIT: WU List (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&srt=5&t=3446) sorted by user. ignore #2 as it's a bogus DB entry.

[zimv20]

zim getting ready to kick it 3 million style.

aaaaand done. yeah, baby!

some impressive numbers being generated lately. i won't be in the #4 spot for much longer; looks like i'll have to get comfortable with being #6. :-)

[4JNA]

aaaaand done. yeah, baby!

nice!

can't forget the lyzardking knocking thru 1 million. :cool:

you're right about the decent numbers lately. i figure it got cold and school is back in session!

152707

[mc68k]

good job to everyone!

hey sorry about being late to the party. it takes a lot of work to keep machines up and doing what they do.

back in the day when folding first started, they had work units that were only worth 5 points. now they have ones worth 1920 and 3840! big change in the power of workstations in that time

[lyzardking]

for the props :)

seems like I just started

nice!

can't forget the lyzardking knocking thru 1 million. :cool:

you're right about the decent numbers lately. i figure it got cold and school is back in session!

152707

[zelmo]

Woo-hoo! Finally cracked the Top Ten for Team MacRumors. Might not last too long, but at least I can stay long enough for a cup of coffee.:D

[4JNA]

Woo-hoo! Finally cracked the Top Ten for Team MacRumors. Might not last too long, but at least I can stay long enough for a cup of coffee.:D

sweet, great work. you'll be going over 2 million pretty soon at that rate.

EOC has you at 10 for at least 2 months as of now. better be a really big cup of coffee...:eek:

[MacBandit]

Thanks for the props. I'll probably continue to struggle to be in the top 20 unless I get another computer to use. I'm currently folding with a 2GHz Core2duo and a PS3. Hopefully in the next year. If I find a job. I'll have a new MacBook and a MacMini to add to the total.

[mc68k]

keep up the crunching!

i find it funny how so many people are folding, but there's hardly any new folding threads.

and our FAQ is 5 years old haha

[MacBandit]

keep up the crunching!

i find it funny how so many people are folding, but there's hardly any new folding threads.

and our FAQ is 5 years old haha

And a number of us folders joined before that FAQ was created.:rolleyes:

[SciFrog]

I also cracked the top 20 in about 9 months... Right now getting killed by some units not sending results...

Anyway, anyone has PPD for 2008 and 2009 Mac Pros?

[mc68k]

I also cracked the top 20 in about 9 months... Right now getting killed by some units not sending results...

Anyway, anyone has PPD for 2008 and 2009 Mac Pros?

i had this same problem, work units 'completing' but not sending. a restart of the unit results in the same thing. the only way i found to get it to behave is to delete and start over. sucks. ive prob lost 30K or more points this way recently

[lyzardking]

I also cracked the top 20 in about 9 months... Right now getting killed by some units not sending results...

Anyway, anyone has PPD for 2008 and 2009 Mac Pros?

Increase is giving me a PPD that is 2 weeks old (when I was only running one unit) anyone know how update?

here's the PPH (2 units) for 09 MP:


Owner: InCrease
Path: ~/Library/InCrease/unit1
Platform: OSX; x86
Points: 1920
Preferred: 4/18/09 11:52 PM
Progress: 70
Project: 2671
Pts/hr: 120.06
Queue Index: 7
Remaining: 4.8 hours
Run, Clone, Gen: 48, 37, 8
Server: 171.67.108.24:8080
Status: running
Team: 3446
User: lyzardking

Path: ~/Library/InCrease/unit2
Platform: OSX; x86
Points: 1920
Preferred: 4/19/09 12:08 AM
Progress: 67
Project: 2671
Pts/hr: 116.616
Queue Index: 4
Remaining: 5.4 hours
Run, Clone, Gen: 48, 58, 8
Server: 171.67.108.24:8080
Status: running
Team: 3446
User: lyzardking

[SciFrog]

You running two units right?
so 230/240 pph total or just one unit with -smp 8? What is your MP09 though speed? 8 cores I assume?

Tks vm.

If this is with an 8 cores 2.66, I am buying one.

[lyzardking]

You running two units right?
so 230/240 pph total or just one unit with -smp 8? What is your MP09 though speed? 8 cores I assume?

Tks vm.

If this is with an 8 cores 2.66, I am buying one.

As far as I know it's running 2 SMP units (fah6) so yes, a total of 230-240 pph

This is on a dual quad 2.26 (InCrease "sees" 16 cpus)

I've run 2 units on a 09 single quad, but it there's not alot of processor room to do much else. It very usable with 1 unit working (I'd compare it to using 08 MP dual quad with 1 unit running)

[andrewdale]

So, I'm very new to this, but I just downloaded the client and am currently folding right now as my CPUs run at 90%+ now. Temp here on my MBP is sticking at around 125F which I'm OK with. :)

Any tips?

[lyzardking]

So, I'm very new to this, but I just downloaded the client and am currently folding right now as my CPUs run at 90%+ now. Temp here on my MBP is sticking at around 125F which I'm OK with. :)

Any tips?

If your only running 1 unit and it's using 90% of your CPU I'd suggest not using MBP for folding, your gonna cook it :eek:

[SciFrog]

I run FAH on a Macbook 2.16 and a Macbook Air 1.6 24/7.
They rarely crash but they both need to be on a laptop stand for good cooling, and in an air conditioned room. Of course, when running another CPU hungry program, it is not ideal. But I don't, only Folding.


The 2.66 8 core would be the best price/ratio for Folding.

Any idea what pph or ppd a 2008 2.8 was doing?

[lyzardking]

I run FAH on a Macbook 2.16 and a Macbook Air 1.6 24/7.
They rarely crash but they both need to be on a laptop stand for good cooling, and in an air conditioned room. Of course, when running another CPU hungry program, it is ideal. But I don't, only Folding.


The 2.66 8 core would be the best price/ratio for Folding.

Any idea what pph or ppd a 2008 2.8 was doing?

A 08 dual quad 2.8 is currently at (only running one client):

Average pph: 147.193, ppd: 3532.63, ppw: 24728.4, ppy: 1290259

A bit more than half 09 dual quad 2.26

I'll have to look at a 09 single quad tomorrow

Stay tuned ;)

Question, what's the MBP at for points?

[MacBandit]

I fold on a Core2Duo 2GHz MacBook about 20 hours a day with it sitting flat on a table with a hard plastic case on it. It primarily cools with the rear vent very little of the cooling is from the case itself. For your information I've been folding on this machine for about 2 and a half years non stop and have never had it crash from over heating or folding. Seems these days the only things that makes it crash is Safari 4 Beta.

[SciFrog]

A 08 dual quad 2.8 is currently at (only running one client):

Average pph: 147.193, ppd: 3532.63, ppw: 24728.4, ppy: 1290259

A bit more than half 09 dual quad 2.26

I'll have to look at a 09 single quad tomorrow

Stay tuned ;)

Question, what's the MBP at for points?

So the 2.8 is faster with two clients? That might be a better buy then.

MacBook 2.16 (2 year old) is good for 1,100 ppd these days.

[lyzardking]

So the 2.8 is faster with two clients? That might be a better buy then.

MacBook 2.16 (2 year old) is good for 1,100 ppd these days.

Here's all the machines in one place:

All running SMP (four core) units (1920 points)

08 MP 2.8 dual quad (single unit only):
Average pph: 147.193, ppd: 3532.63, ppw: 24728.4, ppy: 1290259

09 MP 2.66 single quad (single unit only):
Average pph: 154.133, ppd: 3699.19, ppw: 25894.3, ppy: 1351091

09 MP 2.26 dual quad (2 units concurrent)
Average pph: 138.427, ppd: 3322.25, ppw: 23255.8, ppy: 1213419 (unit 1)
Average pph: 121.971, ppd: 2927.31, ppw: 20491.2, ppy: 1069170 (unit 2)


Do you plan on buying a MP just to fold?

If so, perhaps you'd be better off with a PS3 (they get noisy & hot when folding though)

Or a bunch of minis & KVM switch ;)

[SciFrog]

I would use the MP for some minor other things as well but Folding mostly ;)

it would take 6 Mac mini to match a 2.8 8 cores...

Also I hope to run the GPU eventually in Mac OS X or through WINE.

Just to be sure, you could run 2 units on the 2.8 MP and get double the points you indicated?

[lyzardking]

I would use the MP for some minor other things as well but Folding mostly ;)

it would take 6 Mac mini to match a 2.8 8 cores...

Also I hope to run the GPU eventually in Mac OS X or through WINE.

Just to be sure, you could run 2 units on the 2.8 MP and get double the points you indicated?

SMP units use 4 cores, so yes you could, but there will be little processor left to do anything else. You'd be OK web browsing, but if you plan on anything processor intensive you'd have to pause one or both units (IE: handbrake will use almost all of the 8 cores)

You can't pause for too long or you'll miss your deadline (which seem to be pretty tight on the SMP units)

I'm by no means an expert, you may want to wait for others to chime in. ;)

[SciFrog]

Tks.

I guess the Mhz myth is real then in the case of Folding.

Anyone would want to chime on hyperthreading?
What if you run 3 or 4 units on the 09MP...

[lyzardking]

Tks.

I guess the Mhz myth is real then in the case of Folding.

I wouldn't say that, comparing clock to clock on the 09 MP slower clock = slower folding (when equal # of cores are compared)

The claim that 09 MP are quicker at a slower clock is shown (proven?) with the numbers I provided earlier

Anyone would want to chime on hyperthreading?
What if you run 3 or 4 units on the 09MP...

I wouldn't see why not, increase "sees" 16 cpus on the 09 2.26 dual quad. SMTs only use 4 cores per unit, so I'm sure you could run four units, but don't expect to do much else. (kinda like running 2 units on the hyper threaded single quad, increase "sees" 8 cpus)

[MacBandit]

You should be able to still use the computer. The priority for folding using Increase should be Nice +20. On my MacBook it runs as if on 4 cores and I can still do whatever I want to do it just means that folding will slow down dramatically. Performance of other tasks are slowed a very tiny bit.

[lyzardking]

You should be able to still use the computer. The priority for folding using Increase should be Nice +20. On my MacBook it runs as if on 4 cores and I can still do whatever I want to do it just means that folding will slow down dramatically. Performance of other tasks are slowed a very tiny bit.

Agreed.... I was talking more intensive stuff (video encoding etc) but the more you "pile on" the slower everything gets.

There are times when I have to pause folding to get something else done (in a reasonable amount of time)

Does the core duo machine run SMPs? (1920 pts)

[SciFrog]

Core Duo are too slow, but any Core 2 Duo will work...

[MacBandit]

Agreed.... I was talking more intensive stuff (video encoding etc) but the more you "pile on" the slower everything gets.

There are times when I have to pause folding to get something else done (in a reasonable amount of time)

Does the core duo machine run SMPs? (1920 pts)

Agreed I do pause to do video conversion, etc..

[runplaysleeprun]

Man, I'll never catch some of you guys. I just broke into the top 100, and its taken me a while to get there. I need to get more machines on this.

[MacBandit]

Man, I'll never catch some of you guys. I just broke into the top 100, and its taken me a while to get there. I need to get more machines on this.

No biggie many of us have been folding for this group for 6 years or more.

[iShater]

Got a couple of machines doing it, but have you guys noticed how our numbers our dwindling? the team is going down slowly. :o

[eme jota ce]

Just joined team 3446 a month or so ago.

Nice to be able to break into the top 100 this week, but it looks like it will be longer to hit top 20.

Running on the following machines


MP 2.8ghz quad
iMac 2.8 C2D
iMac 2.66 C2d
MacBook 2.16 C2D (just brought it into the mix today)


Hope to make a decent contribution.

Will look to this forum for advice.

[mc68k]

^ welcome to the fold eme jota ce!

looks like a good group of machines you got there. looks like u can expect a 1920 point unit every few hours

[eme jota ce]

Can anyone point me to a useful discussion or FAQ that addresses the following problem.

My macbook will not retain my username / team number in the "Folding at Home" system preferences pane.

I enter my name and team 3446, but after quitting System Preferences and re-opening the Folding@Home window, it reverts back to anonymous.

Thanks,
mjc

[iShater]

Just joined team 3446 a month or so ago.

Nice to be able to break into the top 100 this week, but it looks like it will be longer to hit top 20.

Running on the following machines


MP 2.8ghz quad
iMac 2.8 C2D
iMac 2.66 C2d
MacBook 2.16 C2D (just brought it into the mix today)


Hope to make a decent contribution.

Will look to this forum for advice.

Welcome! No wonder you are catching up to me so quick! :eek:

Can anyone point me to a useful discussion or FAQ that addresses the following problem.

My macbook will not retain my username / team number in the "Folding at Home" system preferences pane.

I enter my name and team 3446, but after quitting System Preferences and re-opening the Folding@Home window, it reverts back to anonymous.

Thanks,
mjc

Chuck the preference file and try again, it might be corrupt.

[mc68k]

^ like iShater said, starting over may be a good idea. i do this frequently when i run into problems, just for the fact that searching for the exact answer takes more time

[SciFrog]

Just joined team 3446 a month or so ago.

Nice to be able to break into the top 100 this week, but it looks like it will be longer to hit top 20.

Running on the following machines


MP 2.8ghz quad
iMac 2.8 C2D
iMac 2.66 C2d
MacBook 2.16 C2D (just brought it into the mix today)


Hope to make a decent contribution.

Will look to this forum for advice.

What PPD do you get with the Air 2.16?
Only getting 800 PPD with the 1.6 GHz Air and it is kind of overheating...

How about the iMac? Getting 1,500 PPD with a 2.16GHz iMac...

Tks

[mc68k]

What PPD do you get with the Air 2.16?
Only getting 800 PPD with the 1.6 GHz Air and it is kind of overheating...i hope you have applecare or you didn't buy the machine

[4JNA]

well, hell. it turned from spring to summer, got hot, and i shut down the big guns... and now i've been overtook.. overtaken... i'm #2. :o

a big congrats to the new number one, mc68k. way to go dude!

best of luck to all who fold here. or anywhere actually. :)

[mc68k]

well, hell. it turned from spring to summer, got hot, and i shut down the big guns... and now i've been overtook.. overtaken... i'm #2. :o

a big congrats to the new number one, mc68k. way to go dude!

best of luck to all who fold here. or anywhere actually. :)thanks, 4JNA!

haha don't feel bad, i can't remeber the last time i was #1-- it's been that long. honestly i didn't think i'd ever catch you again.

these days i have an abundance of resources. i could prob double or triple this output, but it's a lot of work to keep everything up and going. !!

i've had a good time watching the distance shrink between us over the months. i was even watching on my vacation a few weeks ago from wifi in motel rooms haha :)

the lyzardking person has some crazy output, i could see them becoming #1 if he/she can keep it up.

oh and true to the team name all my folders are macs (one 4GHz hackie) except for one PC doing a few meager points 8)

[lyzardking]

Congrats to Mc68k!

the lyzardking person has some crazy output, i could see them becoming #1 if he/she can keep it up.

I'm working on it ;)

If I could get WU's to stop erroring out I'd be there quicker...

I just had two 1920's "stop" at 100% (GRRR)

It seems like every other day I have to restart a WU (delete & start anew)

Anyone using Increase having the same problems?

[MacBandit]

Stopping at 100% almost sounds like a communication problem when trying to send the unit.

[lyzardking]

Stopping at 100% almost sounds like a communication problem when trying to send the unit.

I'd agree, but they stop at any time (not just 100%) :confused:

I'm willing to bet that I've got (at least) a couple of WUs at work that have stopped (based on the past 3 days numbers) :mad:

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=179038

[twoodcc]

I'd agree, but they stop at any time (not just 100%) :confused:

I'm willing to bet that I've got (at least) a couple of WUs at work that have stopped (based on the past 3 days numbers) :mad:

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=179038

what machines do you have folding?

[lyzardking]

what machines do you have folding?

2x 2.26 dual quad core (2009) <2 WUs each>

1x 2.66 quad core (2009) <1 WU>

1x 2.8 dual quad core (2008) <1 WU>

[SciFrog]

You haven't tried the extra large units yet?

[twoodcc]

2x 2.26 dual quad core (2009) <2 WUs each>

1x 2.66 quad core (2009) <1 WU>

1x 2.8 dual quad core (2008) <1 WU>

so is that 4 mac pros?

[iShater]

I gave up on running it on my multiple systems because of these hangups, it got annoying after a while. And I think the electric bill is high already. :o

And congrats on the new ranks. :p

[lyzardking]

You haven't tried the extra large units yet?

Not yet.... I was waiting to see how you made out with your new rig, plus I'm not overly clear on what I need to do :confused:

so is that 4 mac pros?

yep

[SciFrog]

My rig will be here tomorrow.

I think you just need to run one instance only and run "fah6 -smp 8 -bigadv". For 2009 Mac Pro use "-smp 15" instead of 8 and make sure HyperThreading is on (it is by default I think).

Make sure you accept big WU in the config (pretty sure you do already for SMP Folding), and you can delete the core to get the new 2.11 version (might do it by itself anyway).

I would not run it on the quad 2.66 but the other two should work, your PPD is going to skyrocket.

Last you need to activate the passkey, which you might already have (I did a long time ago somehow).

[lyzardking]

Last you need to activate the passkey, which you might already have (I did a long time ago somehow).

That's the thing that threw me, what's a passkey? If I have one, I don't remember what it is (been folding for 3+ years) :confused:

[twoodcc]

dang, 4 mac pros! what else do you do with them? if you don't mind me asking

[SciFrog]

That's the thing that threw me, what's a passkey? If I have one, I don't remember what it is (been folding for 3+ years) :confused:

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey

Very easy.

[twoodcc]

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey

Very easy.

thanks for the link. i think i'll get a passkey as well

[lyzardking]

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey

Very easy.

Thanx for the info... I might give it a whirl

dang, 4 mac pros! what else do you do with them? if you don't mind me asking

the 2x 2.26 dual quad core are print production machines (at work- CS3 & Quark)

the 1x 2.66 quad core is a future print production machine (currently in my office, but will be going to another office and won't be folding much longer)

the 2.8 dual quad core is my home machine which I use for print production & video encoding (DVD & BR conversion for my aTVs)

[twoodcc]

the 2x 2.26 dual quad core are print production machines (at work- CS3 & Quark)

the 1x 2.66 quad core is a future print production machine (currently in my office, but will be going to another office and won't be folding much longer)

the 2.8 dual quad core is my home machine which I use for print production & video encoding (DVD & BR conversion for my aTVs)

oh nice.

well my stats are going to start going down now. i had a power outage, and now my VMs won't connect to the internet. have no idea why

[lyzardking]

oh nice.

well my stats are going to start going down now. i had a power outage, and now my VMs won't connect to the internet. have no idea why

Get em fixed! :D

I haven't seen a "threat" in my rearview mirror since the beginning of the summer :eek:

[twoodcc]

Get em fixed! :D

I haven't seen a "threat" in my rearview mirror since the beginning of the summer :eek:

well i've got a VM running ubuntu that i finally got working. we'll see how it goes.

haha, just give me a little over 8 years at this pace, and i'll catch you ;) but don't count on me keeping this pace. i will as long as i can though

[lyzardking]

well i've got a VM running ubuntu that i finally got working. we'll see how it goes.

haha, just give me a little over 8 years at this pace, and i'll catch you ;) but don't count on me keeping this pace. i will as long as i can though

Don't worry about catching me (just keep at it) ;)

You'll be top ten in no time :D

[twoodcc]

Don't worry about catching me (just keep at it) ;)

You'll be top ten in no time :D

haha, yeah i'm not that worried. just trying to do my part.

i might try the bigadv units. we'll see

[SciFrog]

Mac Pro came yesterday, worked all night to configure the RAID, installed SL this am, hopefully will start crunching tonight, and hopefully will get a big unit right away...

[twoodcc]

Mac Pro came yesterday, worked all night to configure the RAID, installed SL this am, hopefully will start crunching tonight, and hopefully will get a big unit right away...

nice! keep us informed on how it goes!

[SciFrog]

You also need to replace the fah6 executable file by this one
http://www.stanford.edu/~kasson/folding/osx/fah6
you need to download it by right clicking and change the name to fah6, you also might make the file executable (I didn't have to).

43 mins for the first frame, I was expecting 40 mins or better so not great...
Still, 3 days turn-around, should be 16.5k PPD with the 100% bonus, 20k total PPD with the other computers, enough to claim the #1 cruncher spot until Lyzardking turn on the big guns.

[twoodcc]

You also need to replace the fah6 executable file by this one
http://www.stanford.edu/~kasson/folding/osx/fah6
you need to download it by right clicking and change the name to fah6, you also might make the file executable (I didn't have to).

43 mins for the first frame, I was expecting 40 mins or better so not great...
Still, 3 days turn-around, should be 16.5k PPD with the 100% bonus, 20k total PPD with the other computers, enough to claim the #1 cruncher spot until Lyzardking turn on the big guns.

nice. i'm having connection issues right now, so my numbers might drop a little

[SciFrog]

Looks like once some file transfers were done it dropped to 41.5 mins, so under 3 days... We shall see. First unit will be done Sunday night.

[twoodcc]

Looks like once some file transfers were done it dropped to 41.5 mins, so under 3 days... We shall see. First unit will be done Sunday night.

nice. i'm still having connection issues. hopefully they won't stay like this for long though. i might have to get a new router soon

[SciFrog]

Power outage, lost the W/U...

[twoodcc]

Power outage, lost the W/U...

i hate those. i've had one this week as well. in fact, my system / network hasn't been the same since the power outage here.

[SciFrog]

First bigadv unit is done. 41.5 mins per frame, 2.05 faster than deadline resulted in 51.6k points thus 17.6k PPD. Not bad eh...

It looks like the Harpertown and Nehalem can do better per Ghz...

[twoodcc]

First bigadv unit is done. 41.5 mins per frame, 2.05 faster than deadline resulted in 51.6k points thus 17.6k PPD. Not bad eh...

It looks like the Harpertown and Nehalem can do better per Ghz...

very nice! now i wonder if i should go for those on my linux vm?

[SciFrog]

You need an 8 core or fast 4 cores Nehlalem...

[twoodcc]

You need an 8 core or fast 4 cores Nehlalem...

yeah i know. i have an i7

[lyzardking]

First bigadv unit is done. 41.5 mins per frame, 2.05 faster than deadline resulted in 51.6k points thus 17.6k PPD. Not bad eh...

It looks like the Harpertown and Nehalem can do better per Ghz...

Almost 3 days to complete? (if my math is right)

I might have to try this out.....

Question: You had a past problem with a unit not restarting, right? I fear that's why I loose a unit every so often (not being taken down "nicely")

[twoodcc]

Almost 3 days to complete? (if my math is right)

I might have to try this out.....

Question: You had a past problem with a unit not restarting, right? I fear that's why I loose a unit every so often (not being taken down "nicely")

yeah i think it took him about 3 days. but still, look at his points for that! over 51k! i might be trying it as well

[SciFrog]

2.9 days.

Had another power outage and the unit resumed this time.
To be honest I don't think there is any difference between these units and other SMP units as far as loosing when restarting. I have had back luck with that, less than 50% resume when stopped for any reason. This might actually is my biggest gripe with Folding... The second is not having a GPU client for macs, hopefully OpenCL will change that.

Go ahead with these big units, really worth it.

[twoodcc]

2.9 days.

Had another power outage and the unit resumed this time.
To be honest I don't think there is any difference between these units and other SMP units as far as loosing when restarting. I have had back luck with that, less than 50% resume when stopped for any reason. This might actually is my biggest gripe with Folding... The second is not having a GPU client for macs, hopefully OpenCL will change that.

Go ahead with these big units, really worth it.

well i'm trying them, but in an ubuntu VM. i'll let you know how it goes

[twoodcc]

well i'm trying them, but in an ubuntu VM. i'll let you know how it goes

well they didn't work in a VM. so i ended up just installing ubuntu natively. got them running now. frames take around 36-37 minutes. says it'll take 2d 01h 29mn to complete. not bad right?

[SciFrog]

Should take more like 2.5 days then with these time frames, 29k bonus so 54k ish for the unit resulting in 21.5k PPD. Great. These Core i7 are fast 4 cores...

My router crashed when my last unit was at 89% and reset all my Folding units on all machines (this is really a stupid bug from Folding).

[twoodcc]

Should take more like 2.5 days then with these time frames, 29k bonus so 54k ish for the unit resulting in 21.5k PPD. Great. These Core i7 are fast 4 cores...

My router crashed when my last unit was at 89% and reset all my Folding units on all machines (this is really a stupid bug from Folding).

thanks. yeah i'm hoping to get around that. i do like this i7 machine. i just wish apple would release a desktop with one between the mac pro and mac mini. maybe one day.

dang, you lost all that work!? that's crazy. i've had a few power outages in the last 3 months. i hope something like that doesn't happen to me

[SciFrog]

Well I used this lost WU to put the machine on a 1250VA UPS and add a 2TB eSata backup drive... This is only the second time in two years the Airport Router crashes but annoying it takes my WU down on all my machines.

Looks like I could overclock the machine 10-15% for a potential 20-30% increase in PPD but the clock might be messed up.

The 2.93Ghz Nehalem can do the unit in 1.5 days for a 44k PPD... Too bad the config I need would cost $7k. The 2.6Ghz takes two days for $30k PPD... If only Apple had kept the old price points on the Mac Pros...

[twoodcc]

Well I used this lost WU to put the machine on a 1250VA UPS and add a 2TB eSata backup drive... This is only the second time in two years the Airport Router crashes but annoying it takes my WU down on all my machines.

Looks like I could overclock the machine 10-15% for a potential 20-30% increase in PPD but the clock might be messed up.

The 2.93Ghz Nehalem can do the unit in 1.5 days for a 44k PPD... Too bad the config I need would cost $7k. The 2.6Ghz takes two days for $30k PPD... If only Apple had kept the old price points on the Mac Pros...

oh wow. i actually have my i7 overclocked a little bit.

dang, 44k and even 30k PPD is crazy. yeah if apple did keep those prices, i might have gotten one.

[mc68k]

trying one myself. hopefully its worth the effort!

[twoodcc]

trying one myself. hopefully its worth the effort!

let us know how it goes for you!

mine's at 57% now. still over 1d 01h to go! i hope it's worth it also

[mc68k]

so far every time i have ctrl-c'ed to quit it it has reset. goes on about not being able to read the queue. overnight i had 10 frames done. there's no way i'm gonna be able to not quit these work units during the week. if that happens every time i may only be able to do one on the weekend.

Fatal error:
Checkpoint error on step 0

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: No such process
Error on node 2, will try to stop all the nodes
Halting parallel program mdrun on CPU 2 out of 8

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[cli_2]: aborting job:
application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, -1) - process 2
[17:00:43] different -- aborting.
[17:00:43] t
[17:00:43]
[17:00:43] Folding@home Core Shutdown: INTERRUPTED
[cli_0]: aborting job:
application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 102) - process 0
[cli_1]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_3]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[0]0:Return code = 102
[0]1:Return code = 1
[0]2:Return code = 255
[0]3:Return code = 1
[0]4:Return code = 0, signaled with Quit
[0]5:Return code = 0, signaled with Quit
[0]6:Return code = 0, signaled with Quit
[0]7:Return code = 0, signaled with Quit
[17:00:51] CoreStatus = FF (255)
[17:00:51] Sending work to server
[17:00:51] Project: 2683 (Run 2, Clone 13, Gen 0)
[17:00:51] - Error: Could not get length of results file work/wuresults_03.dat
[17:00:51] - Error: Could not read unit 03 file. Removing from queue.
[17:00:51] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[17:00:51] Cleaning up work directory
[17:00:51] + Attempting to get work packet
[17:00:51] - Connecting to assignment server
[17:00:52] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.22).
[17:00:52] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[17:00:52] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:00:52] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[17:01:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[17:01:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[17:01:05] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.22).
[17:01:05] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[17:01:05] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:01:47] + Closed connections
[17:01:52]
[17:01:52] + Processing work unit
[17:01:52] Core required: FahCore_a2.exe
[17:01:52] Core found.
[17:01:52] Working on queue slot 04 [September 18 17:01:52 UTC]
[17:01:52] + Working ...
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[twoodcc]

oh man. that's not cool. that's why i've been afraid to stop mine like that. i'm going to stop it after it finishes the first one

[mc68k]

considering those are worth 25K points w/o bonus 10 frames is like 2500 points down the drain. i developed another strategy, making a copy of the entire folder beforehand. i successfully transferred the work unit to another faster mac pro and started it up at 5 frames. well, maybe faster it's a 2,1 at 2x3ghz and the other was a 3,1 2x2.8GHz. most of the people at work here that have mac pros are scientists that actually use them to crunch data.

at least this way if something goes wrong i could submit it from another computer

[twoodcc]

considering those are worth 25K points w/o bonus 10 frames is like 2500 points down the drain. i developed another strategy, making a copy of the entire folder beforehand. i successfully transferred the work unit to another faster mac pro and started it up at 5 frames. well, maybe faster it's a 2,1 at 2x3ghz and the other was a 3,1 2x2.8GHz. most of the people at work here that have mac pros are scientists that actually use them to crunch data.

at least this way if something goes wrong i could submit it from another computer

not a bad idea. seems like more work for you though. but hey, if it works, and saves you time in the long run, then might as well do it

[lordonuthin]

I had my G5 doing big units but I wasn't getting very many points for them so it's getting reformatted (was going to do that anyway since I have a Mac Pro now) and I will start over with it. Mac pro is doing well on SL but no open GL:( I have 8 machines now: 4 with slow AMD cpu's and Lunux, 1 with a faster AMD cpu, G5 1.6, Mac Pro '09 2x2.6 with SL and a new i7 with the 920 cpu and Linux I got an Nvidia gtx 960 hopeing gpu support might come along sometime but may have to go to wInDoWs to use the gpu:mad:

whiterabbit

[mc68k]

that's a lot of machines whiterabbit. way to go!

have you tried the really large point units on the mac pro?

[SciFrog]

Forget the G5...
Forget GPU on the Mac Pro and the Core i7.
Just got with bigadv units.

I lost another big one, yet another network crash... This is getting ridiculous.

[mc68k]

I lost another big one, yet another network crash... This is getting ridiculous.this may be a lot of work (and more computer space), but you could cp -R the entire directory periodically. if it crashes, just start it up again from the backup

[twoodcc]

I had my G5 doing big units but I wasn't getting very many points for them so it's getting reformatted (was going to do that anyway since I have a Mac Pro now) and I will start over with it. Mac pro is doing well on SL but no open GL:( I have 8 machines now: 4 with slow AMD cpu's and Lunux, 1 with a faster AMD cpu, G5 1.6, Mac Pro '09 2x2.6 with SL and a new i7 with the 920 cpu and Linux I got an Nvidia gtx 960 hopeing gpu support might come along sometime but may have to go to wInDoWs to use the gpu:mad:

whiterabbit

seems like a lot of nice machines there. how do you like the i7 so far? i really love mine

Forget the G5...
Forget GPU on the Mac Pro and the Core i7.
Just got with bigadv units.

I lost another big one, yet another network crash... This is getting ridiculous.

i don't know. the bigadv units will get you big points, but i'm not so sure i like doing them that much. i mean, if anything goes wrong in 3 days, you lose all that work. and i've had my system freeze up twice while doing them and still trying to use the machine at the same time.

sorry to hear that you are still having problems though.

[MacBandit]

i don't know. the bigadv units will get you big points, but i'm not so sure i like doing them that much. i mean, if anything goes wrong in 3 days, you lose all that work. and i've had my system freeze up twice while doing them and still trying to use the machine at the same time.

sorry to hear that you are still having problems though.

Now you know how us mere mortals feel. My MacBook takes 2-3 days to crank out normal units.

[twoodcc]

Now you know how us mere mortals feel. My MacBook takes 2-3 days to crank out normal units.

haha, yeah i have a macbook folding normal units also. takes a good while, but hey, every little bit helps

[lordonuthin]

[QUOTE=twoodcc;8547870]seems like a lot of nice machines there. how do you like the i7 so far? i really love mine

So far so good though I should have gotten a cheap graphics card since I can't really use this effectively with linux, can't get any drivers for it:( I have an AMD Phenom 9600 x4 that seems to be doing better than the i7 920 but I haven't done any tweeking or oc to see if I can get more out of it yet.

I think I will stick with normal units for now too.

My mess is below:D

[twoodcc]

wow. an interesting setup you got there. i see the fan near, but you aren't too concerned with dust and stuff?

also, you are right with the gpu and linux. even though it is possible thru wine, it's not easy. my advice: either run windows, do the gpu folding and linux folding thru a VM, or run linux and do the bigadv units.