What's running in your F@H Farm? [Archive]

wrc fan

Mar 10, 2004, 05:32 AM

I randomly decided to put my computers back in action doing some folding, and decided this time to be on the macrumors team as user oaklandbum (previously I was on the [H]ard|OCP team and a short bit on the MacAddict team with the username of rrp). Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to have everyone list what machines they are using in one thread.

Here are mine (none of them are on 24/7 as they are in my bedroom and I must sleep):
450MHz G4 Cube
Shuttle SS40G with an Athlon XP 2500+

I'd run it on my old PowerTower too, but there is no Linux PPC version. Anyone wanna donate a G3 or G4 upgrade so I can run OS X?

FritzTheWonderM

Mar 10, 2004, 09:58 AM

8 500 Mhz G4
2 800 Mhz G4
14 867 Mhz G4
3 1.0 Ghz G4
3 1.6 GHz G5
8 2.4 GHz P4

and a partridge in a pear tree...

Dros

Mar 10, 2004, 10:40 AM

I have:
iBook 600 G3 (not worth it, but it has the "can't wake from sleep" bug so it runs 24/7).
iBook 800 G4. 10 hours a day.
Athlon 2.4 24/7, but on a computer used by several people.

I had another Athlon but it now hangs when folding and the second CPU is in heavy use. Anyone know how to limit a unix process % cpu? I can see how to limit cpu time, but that doesn't seem to be what I would want to do.

Dreadnought

Mar 10, 2004, 10:43 AM

Fritz, you show off! ;)

Just an ole' dual G5 1.8 running 24/7

pepeleuepe

Mar 10, 2004, 12:04 PM

Dual 1.42 Ghz G4
2.2 Ghz Pentium 4

Nothing too impressive, but it does the job.

britboy

Mar 10, 2004, 01:10 PM

That I know of running 24/7
Athlon XP 3200+
Pentium4 3 GHz
500 MHz G4
on and off
Athlon XP 1400+
Pentium4 2.8 GHz
Athlon XP 3000+

shemp9999

Mar 10, 2004, 01:47 PM

i may have misplaced a few procs, but i do know i am running:

4 2Ghz G5 (running 24/7) = 8 Ghz
8 1Ghz G4 (running 24/7) = 8
2 733Mhz G4 (running 24/7) = 1.466
1 400Mhz G4 (running 24/7) = 400

17.866 Ghz (@ 24/7) MacOS

4 900 Mhz PIII (running 24/7) = 3.6 Ghz
6 2Ghz Xeon (running 24/7) = 12
2 1.4Ghz PIII (running 13/5; 24/2) = 2.8 * 0.67 =1.876
26 2Ghz Xeon (running 13/5; 24/2) = 52 * 0.67 = 34.84

52.32 Ghz (@ 24/7) Linux

so, that's about 70 Ghz at a 24/7 rate.

plus, i have 2 2Ghz G5; 2 500-Mhz G4 at home, currently not running.

twiztidn8v

Mar 10, 2004, 01:48 PM

1 x G5 DP 2.0 Ghz
3 x P4 2.66 Ghz
1 x P4 laptop 1.6 Ghz
1 x P4 laptop ? Ghz [running at 50% proc]
1 x G3 700 Mgz

mactastic

Mar 10, 2004, 06:38 PM

3.0 Ghz P4
1.0 Ghz G4

That is all.

frankzeg

Mar 10, 2004, 08:33 PM

1 dual 2GHz G5 (24/7)
1 dual 450 MHz G4 ( 24/7)
1 TIbook ( 24/7 when it is not on travel) 400 MHz
1 Pentium 4 2 GHz ( 30% of the time)

Rower_CPU

Mar 10, 2004, 08:40 PM

~ 35 Dell 1GHz

There may be more, but I've lost track os what's installed where. :eek: ;)

howard

Mar 10, 2004, 08:59 PM

shemp9999

Mar 10, 2004, 09:14 PM

great setup...but shouldn't it be 2x2x4=16ghz for the dual g5's? probably some of those other ones are dual too... folding does use both processors right?

yo, howard, i was counting "procs" - i wish it was boxes (but i have been eying/ogling at a few G5s nearby...).

i may have misplaced a few procs, but i do know i am running:

late.shemp9999

wdlove

Mar 10, 2004, 09:15 PM

I hope that someone will post that is in my league. Feel kind of embarrassed to list mine.

I have a Power Mac dual G4 450 24/7 except a cool down every 7 - 8 days as suggested.

wrc fan

Mar 10, 2004, 09:19 PM

I hope that someone will post that is in my league. Feel kind of embarrassed to list mine.

I have a Power Mac dual G4 450 24/7 except a cool down every 7 - 8 days as suggested.

Hey, you've got my Mac beat. Yours has 2x the processing power of my Cube. :eek: But I do have my PC which is hardly ever on, so that helps a little.

shemp9999

Mar 10, 2004, 10:14 PM

I hope that someone will post that is in my league. Feel kind of embarrassed to list mine.

I have a Power Mac dual G4 450 24/7 except a cool down every 7 - 8 days as suggested.

wdlove - i've been watching your progress with much interest! when it comes down to it, it's all about the heart. i've been glad to do what i can.

i only posted my info 'cuz fritz has been bustin' my chops (it was nice to get down and do the math, too). turns out, i'm smokin' him. :D

keep the faith, and let's find a cure.

MrMacMan

Mar 10, 2004, 11:31 PM

I hope that someone will post that is in my league. Feel kind of embarrassed to list mine.

I have a Power Mac dual G4 450 24/7 except a cool down every 7 - 8 days as suggested.

Still out preform me.

iMac 800...

Would be like 5 more but damned proxy servers... arg.

Dreadnought

Mar 12, 2004, 10:54 AM

Would be like 5 more but damned proxy servers... arg.

I know what you are saying MrMacman, got the same problem @ work. Have a beautifull grey 2.0 P4 sitting idle most of the time. And there are a lot more... Maybe it's an idea to go to my old college and install folding on every machine.... They only remove that in the summerholiday when they do a clean install of all those windoos machines. Is there a script for windoos such as Mc68K's script?

MrMacMan

Mar 14, 2004, 11:38 PM

I know what you are saying MrMacman, got the same problem @ work. Have a beautifull grey 2.0 P4 sitting idle most of the time. And there are a lot more... Maybe it's an idea to go to my old college and install folding on every machine.... They only remove that in the summerholiday when they do a clean install of all those windoos machines. Is there a script for windoos such as Mc68K's script?

I don't know about scripts, but there was with (getting name wrong) 'micro-folding application' like with a microscope or something...

I don't know...

But it worked for my friend I'll try to find out... unless someone here reminds me first...

I have tons of Pc's and 3 macs that I have basically complete access over expect they have a proxy server in the way, anyone want to help me config them?

Dreadnought

Mar 15, 2004, 03:04 PM

I have tons of Pc's and 3 macs that I have basically complete access over expect they have a proxy server in the way, anyone want to help me config them?

Shouldn't be a problem if they got access to the internet and if the firewall has the correct port open! (I believe for folding, correct me if I am wrong!!, 8080).

So good luck MrMacman, and try to catch up with me.... ;)

wdlove

Mar 15, 2004, 05:20 PM

wdlove - i've been watching your progress with much interest! when it comes down to it, it's all about the heart. i've been glad to do what i can.

i only posted my info 'cuz fritz has been bustin' my chops (it was nice to get down and do the math, too). turns out, i'm smokin' him. :D

keep the faith, and let's find a cure.

Thank you for your kind words shemp9999. I agree with you. I also volunteer in medical research here in Boston, It is to help my fellow human beings.

Thanks to my wife I have added her PowerBook 1.25. Also the iBook that I use when I'm in our MBR.

Kingsnapped

Mar 15, 2004, 05:52 PM

I had 6 G5s going for us, but my school did a cleen sweep of 10.3... now all that's left is my 1.25 PB and my humble little Compaq Pesario (which I have been reformatting today...)

Slow and steady wins the race? :D

shemp9999

Mar 15, 2004, 10:11 PM

Also the iBook that I use when I'm in our MBR.

:eek:

now that's folding ;)

MrMacMan

Mar 15, 2004, 11:48 PM

Dreadnought

Mar 16, 2004, 12:09 PM

Time to reinstall eh? :D

Yeah, reinstall them! ;)

FritzTheWonderM

Mar 16, 2004, 12:38 PM

replaced dilithium crystals. warp drive back online. :cool:

Dreadnought

Mar 16, 2004, 02:51 PM

replaced dilithium crystals. warp drive back online. :cool:

Go Fritz, go Fritz, go Fritz :D

MrMacMan

Mar 16, 2004, 11:43 PM

replaced dilithium crystals. warp drive back online. :cool:

Sweet.

Nice stuff man.

Nice stuff.

Kingsnapped

Mar 16, 2004, 11:54 PM

I just installed XP on the old computer for kicks, and folding is running a couple hundred times faster than it did. Still doesn't hold a candle to OSX, but I was plesantly suprised.

Kingsnapped

Mar 17, 2004, 12:20 AM

Time to reinstall eh? :D
How difficult would it to be to make an install CD/Script that I can just put in the G5s and go? I also have to bury it pretty deep in the harddrive.

I also have about 30 eMacs in the lab with the G5s, if someone can provide a way to stash this stuff on there, I would try to hook them up. Anybody?

shemp9999

Mar 17, 2004, 12:37 AM

How difficult would it to be to make an install CD/Script that I can just put in the G5s and go? I also have to bury it pretty deep in the harddrive.

I also have about 30 eMacs in the lab with the G5s, if someone can provide a way to stash this stuff on there, I would try to hook them up. Anybody?

i use a .fah folder in the home dir. ~/.fah/fah1 and a ~/.fah/fah2 if it's a dually. i ftp the fah4 binary to the folder and:

mkdir -p ~/.fah/fah1 (and/or ~/.fah/fah2)
cd ~/.fah/fah1 (or ~/.fah/fah2)
./fah4 -configonly -local

then set the crontab as in m68k's scripts.

@reboot cd ~/.fah/fah1; ./fah4 -local -forceasm > /dev/null
@reboot cd ~/.fah/fah2; ./fah4 -local -forceasm > /dev/null

or if the machines work all day and the user don't need to notice it...

0 19 * * 1-5 cd ~/.fah/fah37; ./fah4 -local -forceasm > /dev/null
0 19 * * 1-5 cd ~/.fah/fah38; ./fah4 -local -forceasm > /dev/null
0 8 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/killall -q fah4

it's not that hard! i'd done it for almost 60 procs. it takes a moment a processor.

i've written a bunch of adhoc crontabs, aliases, symbolic links of stats to localhost webservers, and cgi scripts to monitor everything.

Plutronics

Mar 17, 2004, 04:21 PM

I'm Currently folding with My:

Quick Silver '01 GigaDesigns Dual G4 @ 1.33GHz
Digital Audio GigaDesigns Dual G4 @ 1.33GHz
Gigabit Ethernet OEM Dual G4 @ 450MHz
Sawtooth GigaDesigns G4 @ 1.26GHz
Blue & White Sonnet G4 @ 500 MHz
Blue & White OWC G4 @ 450 MHz
Pismo DayStar G4 @ 550 MHz
iMac FP G4 @ 700 MHz ( the Wife's 'Puter )

All Folding 24/7 for Team ... a... err... 0opps ... Wrong Forum :D
Larry ( Team 1971 )

Dreadnought

Mar 18, 2004, 05:18 AM

All Folding 24/7 for Team ... a... err... 0opps ... Wrong Forum :D
Larry ( Team 1971 )

It's time you get to our team!!

MrMacMan

Mar 21, 2004, 01:05 AM

It's time you get to our team!!

haha yeah really.

that would be nice.

Dreadnought

Mar 21, 2004, 03:16 AM

haha yeah really.
that would be nice.

He, since the banner isn't up yet, I try to recruit people this way :D

MrMacMan

Mar 21, 2004, 12:02 PM

He, since the banner isn't up yet, I try to recruit people this way :D
*cough*
*cough*

What?

Whats this 'banner' you speak of? :o

Dreadnought

Mar 22, 2004, 11:15 AM

*cough*
*cough*

What?

Whats this 'banner' you speak of? :o

Don't no, maybe we should open a new forum called "Vote on a banner design 2". Don't think Mr. Anderson will appreciate it, but I 'm in a crazy mood now... so maybe... (let's see how fast Mr. Anderson shuts it down...) :D

wdlove

Mar 22, 2004, 02:00 PM

Don't no, maybe we should open a new forum called "Vote on a banner design 2". Don't think Mr. Anderson will appreciate it, but I 'm in a crazy mood now... so maybe... (let's see how fast Mr. Anderson shuts it down...) :D

I think it would be best not to tempt fate. Mr. Anderson made it very clear on the last thread, that he was upset by our continued questions. I tried to soothe him, but that's when he locked the thread. We need to learn patience.

Dreadnought

Mar 22, 2004, 02:54 PM

I think it would be best not to tempt fate. Mr. Anderson made it very clear on the last thread, that he was upset by our continued questions. I tried to soothe him, but that's when he locked the thread. We need to learn patience.

Yeah, you are probably right, else I get banned! A three hour workout in the gym does wonders for crazy moods, now I 'm back to normal (well almost! :D )

MacFan25

Mar 22, 2004, 03:08 PM

I'll chime in a little late on this thread...

I'm running folding on an iMac 800...wouldn't exactly call it a "folding farm", but its better then nothing. :p

Dreadnought

Mar 23, 2004, 12:07 PM

To get back on topic:
* dual 1.8 G5
* B&W 400
Both running 24/7

bankshot

Mar 24, 2004, 08:47 PM

Might as well chime in. For some strange reason I didn't think to register with F@H using my MacRumors username. I'm using 'mikeandbev' over there, but shhh! Don't tell anyone. ;)

At home
G4 733 Quicksilver
G3 600 iBook
Athlon 1800+ (FreeBSD)
Celeron 800 (WinXP)
Athlon 700 (WinXP)

At work
Two G4 1.25 PowerBooks
Dual G5 2.0 Power Mac (both processors)
P3 1 GHz laptop (Win2k)
Two P4 2.8 (Linux, just added today)

Everything's 24/7 except the iBook which is known to be put to sleep at times. Actually it came back from logic board repair yesterday, and the fan doesn't seem to like running full time anymore. I may just let it finish the work unit that was interrupted by the repair and then relieve it from duty. It wasn't producing much anyway, between the speed and being asleep part of the time.