View Full Version : STOMP, STOMP, STOMP!!! Here we come!!!
Get ready for a DOUBLE-STOMP everyone!!! Looks like we are going to take down Crunchers Inc. and BOINC Synergy in the next few days. Let us keep the pressure on and roll our way up. The next target after those two is Team Short-Media which the Free-DC stats say we should overtake in about 28 days... let's try to get them in less than 18 days!
Keep the pressure up!!! :stick:
:toast:
L0$t Pr0PhEt
12-28-2005, 11:33 AM
Yeah, you guys are doing a really great job in Dimes! Too bad I can't help you guys because of my limited inet.
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hixie
12-28-2005, 11:56 AM
i've got my VMs setup now, and my 3Gbps internet connection (look at my post)!!
XS should be climbing to the top in no time
[XC]thewildblue
12-28-2005, 12:40 PM
Nice going team, soon we will have numero uno in 2 projects if we carry on like this.
Love the breaking of 200k a day Jeff, thats a serious amount of VMs youve got going there.
Haltech
12-28-2005, 12:56 PM
He is having a lot of luck with that DSL. I may try it.. i still think that VM5.0 is :banana::banana::banana::banana:in me up. I had no probs running a lot of VMs on 4.0. I may revert back and try it.
DSL is a labor of love right now Haltech. :D This morning I was almost late for work because I spent from 5:50am to 6:35am resetting(and adding the code to auto-start DIMES) about 30 to 40 DSL VMs. I was a typing fool. :lol:
If I can change my DSL VMs to *NOT* ask for a username and password then resetting will be much, MUCH easier.
BTW, I WANT 300,000 a day! (before my ISP yanks my connection!) I have Earthlink cable modem service currently and I'm thinking of signing up with Road-Runner *also* for a few months just to try and really push out some numbers. I figure four 1Gb sticks of memory will allow me to make two of my DC Opteron rigs into 3Gb monsters and then my little Celeron rig would increase from 512Mb to 1.5Gb. That should be good for about 30 or 40 more VMs and push me way over 300,000 a day.
I hate getting into new hobbies(read: obsessions (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=obsession)) because... well... I guess it comes down to the forum's title really... "XtremeSystems" :)
BTW Haltech... for some reason... the DIMES clients will sometimes stop reporting back to the DIMES server and you will stop getting credit. The only way to get around this is to uninstall and reinstall those clients that are doing this. I ran into that when I had to move some hard drives between rigs. Maybe that's why your output is lower?
Just keep an eye on the official DIMES stats page to see if your numbers are all going up. If they are not, then that could be your problem.
Helheim
12-28-2005, 03:42 PM
Jeff, what speed is your cable connection?
5Mb down/384Kb up
I just did the SpeakEasy.net speed test and even with all the traffic going... I'm still getting ~3.3Mb down/205Kb up. (usually it's ~4.8Mb down/380Kb up)
[XC] moddolicous
12-28-2005, 04:13 PM
I'm getting 3.8mb down, 1.3mb up with speakeasy
Man, my upload is really pathetic in today's world. ;)
Haltech
12-28-2005, 04:52 PM
Well Jeff. I found my problem. I had to upgrade from V5.0.1 to V5.5.1... All of my machines are going up as we speak. Now, one downside.. I can only run 24 VMs at one time... They put a restriction on that. I dont know if the Linux version caps your ass or not.. If it does, i will be forced to walk across or build another rig. So, my 3 gigs is going to waste! Im only using 1.01 Gig of ram with 24 VMs running!! I wrote a post on VM wares forums to see if there is a way around this. My numbers should be coming up hard in the next few hours.
[XC] moddolicous
12-28-2005, 05:01 PM
is the upgrade free haltech? NVM, just saw that you have to buy it:(
Haltech
12-28-2005, 05:06 PM
is the upgrade free haltech? NVM, just saw that you have to buy it:(
works with the current 5.0 license.
How are you getting 24 VMs into 1.01Gb? :confused:
Haltech
12-28-2005, 06:21 PM
How are you getting 24 VMs into 1.01Gb? :confused:
Well Jeff, i make my own installs with practically nothing in them... I run them on 72 megs of ram on the 3 gig system and 64 megs of ram on the 2 gig system. when everything comes up, we should be neck and neck i think in the morning :slap:
Mr_Slinky
12-28-2005, 11:33 PM
wow i will definatly have to see this battle for now and the long run should shape up to be intresting also. gl haltech hopefully they keep a working
and jeff your output amazes all of us. congrats on 200k in one day that is short of "God-like"
Haltech
12-28-2005, 11:50 PM
wow i will definatly have to see this battle for now and the long run should shape up to be intresting also. gl haltech hopefully they keep a working
and jeff your output amazes all of us. congrats on 200k in one day that is short of "God-like"
Yea he is throwing down some strong numbers. I should be next to him soon
Mr_Slinky
12-28-2005, 11:57 PM
can you provide more info on where you found that or link us possibly..
what mobo are you getting for that opty 165 dfi nf4 ultra d or something better?
Bloody_Sorcerer
12-28-2005, 11:58 PM
*sigh* you guys do in like 2 updates what i do in a day w/ 8 VMs...
wish i could hide DIMES in my school's ghost images... i am the network assistant, but the administrator has some issue with distributed computing. if he didn't, i'm pretty sure i could dominate DIMES and D2OL comfortably. oh well.
what mobo are you getting for that opty 165 dfi nf4 ultra d or something better?
To throw my $0.02 in... I have been 1000% pleased with my CHEAP Bioforce TFORCE-939 motherboard. It's running an Opteron 170 at 2.75GHz with the stock heatsink and it even has onboard video. Very good price too... under $80 delivered.
wow i will definatly have to see this battle for now and the long run should shape up to be intresting also. gl haltech hopefully they keep a working
and jeff your output amazes all of us. congrats on 200k in one day that is short of "God-like"
:lol: I'm just a little bored of some of the other projects AND I'm wondering how long I can keep this up before my connection either suddenly goes dark or I get a nasty email from Time Warner. ;)
*sigh* you guys do in like 2 updates what i do in a day w/ 8 VMs...
wish i could hide DIMES in my school's ghost images... i am the network assistant, but the administrator has some issue with distributed computing. if he didn't, i'm pretty sure i could dominate DIMES and D2OL comfortably. oh well.
Hey... if it wasn't for your nice DSL package & tutorial I wouldn't be doing this project this hard. :)
:toast:
Highland3r
12-29-2005, 03:54 AM
Haltech, fancy sharing your windows image? Only getting ~ 5-7 on 1gb ram... Though the CPU's starting to choke a LOT....
What processor is that with?
I won a 2.4GHz Celeron/mobo/memory setup over at Free-DC and I tried loading it up with memory and VMs... only to see it choke to an almost standstill after only getting 6 on it. I ended up having to scale back down to 5 so it'd actually produce.
I was shocked because on a DC Opteron setup the processor doesn't really start working until you get over 18-20 VMs.
Highland3r
12-29-2005, 05:25 AM
Its a 1.5ghz "dothan" celly. CPU sits at 97-100% load with 9VM's
A 2ghz Dothan 730 manages ~ 35% with 5vm's so it copes a little better...
Anyone got a cheap P4C??!!
Haltech
12-29-2005, 09:34 AM
To throw my $0.02 in... I have been 1000% pleased with my CHEAP Bioforce TFORCE-939 motherboard. It's running an Opteron 170 at 2.75GHz with the stock heatsink and it even has onboard video. Very good price too... under $80 delivered.
Thats pretty funny because that is what i ordered. I didnt know whether it would be a good board or not, but since it has onboard video, i decided wtf, you know? It ca be any worse than the gigabyte i bought.
Haltech
12-29-2005, 09:37 AM
:lol: I'm just a little bored of some of the other projects AND I'm wondering how long I can keep this up before my connection either suddenly goes dark or I get a nasty email from Time Warner. ;)
Hey... if it wasn't for your nice DSL package & tutorial I wouldn't be doing this project this hard. :)
:toast:
Time warner wont yank your connecton. I had there service here, running a very active FTP and doing this project. Infact, they wont say a damn thing to you. So, dont sweat it.
Haltech
12-29-2005, 09:39 AM
Haltech, fancy sharing your windows image? Only getting ~ 5-7 on 1gb ram... Though the CPU's starting to choke a LOT....
This is image is modded to run on dual core, as it has the special switches to disable a core, some other tweaks and strips. After the hell i went through before with the last OS i tried to provide, this time around im keeping this one. It has pretty much everything stripped.
[XC] moddolicous
12-29-2005, 10:08 AM
I'm still tryin to get a really good win install. The smallest I could make one was ~650mb while only using 63mb ram (with java and dimes). Next install I'll gt rid of Internet explorer and some other stuff. I found out that if u put the java install and dimes install in the folder before it makes the iso (that is with nlite) it puts the files onto the cd.
Highland3r
12-29-2005, 10:15 AM
This is image is modded to run on dual core, as it has the special switches to disable a core, some other tweaks and strips. After the hell i went through before with the last OS i tried to provide, this time around im keeping this one. It has pretty much everything stripped.
No worries mate :D Will have a play about at some point.
[XC]thewildblue
12-29-2005, 02:40 PM
Well Jeff. I found my problem. I had to upgrade from V5.0.1 to V5.5.1... All of my machines are going up as we speak. Now, one downside.. I can only run 24 VMs at one time... They put a restriction on that. I dont know if the Linux version caps your ass or not.. If it does, i will be forced to walk across or build another rig. So, my 3 gigs is going to waste! Im only using 1.01 Gig of ram with 24 VMs running!! I wrote a post on VM wares forums to see if there is a way around this. My numbers should be coming up hard in the next few hours.
Out of interest have you tried installing another copy of VMware into another directory and just running 2 versions at once, or how ever many you require. There is also the other option of trying to run and install Vmware on a OS that is in fact a VM, if that makes sense. Gives you a few more options.
Could be that its restricted as you might need to run the VM Server software instead to get over the limitations.
Haltech
12-29-2005, 03:03 PM
Out of interest have you tried installing another copy of VMware into another directory and just running 2 versions at once, or how ever many you require. There is also the other option of trying to run and install Vmware on a OS that is in fact a VM, if that makes sense. Gives you a few more options.
Could be that its restricted as you might need to run the VM Server software instead to get over the limitations.
I tried that. 2 folders and the dually using more core per VM host. Still knocked me out after 24. Ive been talking to the VM people. they said its a limitation on the software for technical reasons. They are blown away im even running 24. Im hoping they will be able to give me a patch.. Im not holding my breath. I got some memory laying around, once the MB shows up, ill add another box. That will put me ahead of Jeff, lol. I dont know if the Linux VM ware allows more than 24. Has anyone tried it? Jeff?
Bloody_Sorcerer
12-29-2005, 10:09 PM
in line with the thread title, i'm entering into my own little "stampede" of sorts; my rig (8 VMs + main windows client) is staying up until we're in 7th place ;)
last time i 24/7ed this baby i pulled a ~30K day and got a piece of the pie for the day! *hopes for similar results*
[XC] DragonOrta
12-29-2005, 10:21 PM
Haltech, do you know if you can run more than 24 using VMPlayer?
in line with the thread title, i'm entering into my own little "stampede" of sorts; my rig (8 VMs + main windows client) is staying up until we're in 7th place ;)
last time i 24/7ed this baby i pulled a ~30K day and got a piece of the pie for the day! *hopes for similar results*
:woot: (why not 'til 6th place) ;)
Haltech
12-30-2005, 04:04 AM
Haltech, do you know if you can run more than 24 using VMPlayer?
I dont know. I dont use VM Player. Maybe someone can check?
[XC]thewildblue
12-30-2005, 04:37 AM
Ive managed to up production a little, but I was unable to stop the train called Haltech, and there is the loco Jeff coming up pretty quick as well.
Bloody_Sorcerer
12-30-2005, 08:17 AM
:woot: (why not 'til 6th place) ;)
cause 6th is a few million more away... but we'll see ;)
heck, i might just have to leave it up till we're in first, but i'm sure my parents would hate me and the energy company would love me by then. at least i heat my room myself!
[XC] DragonOrta
12-30-2005, 08:21 AM
That's what I say to my parents when I'm home for break. Over winter my room is the coldest in the house besides the basement, so it's actually a letigimate excuse. :D
Just wanted to let you guys know that I'm going to be backing down to ~200,000/day. I can really notice the difference on my network and computers having them all maxed out. I'm also involved with other projects and my DC Opterons are using 50%-70% on the VMs which is just a bit too big a hit for me to feel comfortable with.
It seems that with ~17 or 18 VMs that the CPU power is only around 25%. But getting those last 6 VMs really stresses the CPU a bit. And it also is putting the hurt on my drives... I don't like seeing them active *all* the time. ;)
:toast:
[XC]thewildblue
12-31-2005, 06:20 AM
No probs Jeff, Im sure Haltech will take up your slack.
I wish I had his 'net connection... I think I'd invest in another rig or two just for DIMES if I did. :)
Happy New Year!!! :toast:
Highland3r
12-31-2005, 08:28 AM
Lost me dedicated dimes rig for a bit :( The Celly M in it died and the replacement doesnt make contact with the sink :(
Anyone have a cheap 478 cpu or Celly M (479 based) they'd be willing to sell!?
hixie
01-01-2006, 12:38 AM
cause 6th is a few million more away... but we'll see ;)
heck, i might just have to leave it up till we're in first, but i'm sure my parents would hate me and the energy company would love me by then. at least i heat my room myself!
Funny your talking bout heating, i never knew a 4Ghz pressie would produce so much heat after 24 hours. I have my windows wide open and a fan to get some air moving, and i still felt warm last night. Atleast i have some scores to keep me happy.
Less than 17 days to go before Team Short-Media swaps spots with us. ;) And we are at almost 900,000 pts/day. :up: 1,000,000 would be very cool to see... but I'm pretty amazed at where we are now tbh.
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[XC]thewildblue
01-02-2006, 03:25 AM
1mil a day would be fantastic.
hixie
01-02-2006, 03:39 AM
1mil a day would be fantastic.
Only a mil a day? geez you guys are relli aiming low, i though we were Xtreme?
[XC]thewildblue
01-02-2006, 03:43 AM
Oppps I meant per user....lol
hixie
01-02-2006, 03:49 AM
Oppps I meant per user....lol
That sounds more like it. :D
Anyways, the custom made OS i was talking bout, is still being developed.
Gonna make a post soon to ask for ideas that you guys would like intergrated into it.
Is this going to be a Windows or Linux or other OS? http://smly.org/smly/chin.gif Just curious because I'm having a hell of a time with the Linux client because of a memory leak. I'm having to reset all my clients every 3 or 4 days now. :(
hixie
01-02-2006, 04:52 AM
Is this going to be a Windows or Linux or other OS? http://smly.org/smly/chin.gif Just curious because I'm having a hell of a time with the Linux client because of a memory leak. I'm having to reset all my clients every 3 or 4 days now. :(
Well i asked my brother to try to make an OS from scratch, aiming for 10-20MB usage per VM with dimes running.
He said he might have to take an exsiting OS and modified it, so nothing has been produced yet, still just playing around to see what would be the best.
Haltech
01-02-2006, 03:39 PM
Jeff either try a win2k install or the tinyXp install. Im working on a megastrippes Win2k client now from scratch. If all goes well, ill make it into an .ISO for easy installation. 25 Megs is its foot print at the moment.
Seems the mem leak fix on the new client has made a difference. I turned off a 21 VM box and my production barely dropped for the day. Right now im defragging Vm's. Some boxes are taking longer than others. I should see an improvement from that as well.
We will be over a mill a day as soon as the weeks over :clap:
Team Short-Media will fall in less than 2 days and TeAm AnandTech in less than 7 days.
:woot:
After that, we shall be the #4 team in the world for less than 10 days since The Knights Who Say Ni! will be saying Ni! ;)
Keep up the great work everyone and here's to 2,000,000 points per day! :toast: