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What's running in your F@H Farm?

wrc fan

wrc fan

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In a world where LPs are made like pancakes
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?
 
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.
 
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+
 
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.
 
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)
 
shemp9999 said:
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.
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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?
 
howard said:
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?
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yo, howard, i was counting "procs" - i wish it was boxes (but i have been eying/ogling at a few G5s nearby...).

shemp9999 said:
i may have misplaced a few procs, but i do know i am running:
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late.shemp9999
 
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 said:
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.
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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.
 
wdlove said:
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.
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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.
 
wdlove said:
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.
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Still out preform me.

iMac 800...

Would be like 5 more but damned proxy servers... arg.
 
MrMacman said:
Would be like 5 more but damned proxy servers... arg.
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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?
 
Dreadnought said:
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?
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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?
 
MrMacman said:
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?
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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.... ;)
 
shemp9999 said:
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.
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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.
 
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
 
Kingsnapped said:
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
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Time to reinstall eh? :D
 
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