Everything You Need to Know About GPUGrid/BOINC
Ok, well I've got half an hour to kill and since this is your biggest hole PG, I'll start trying to put a dent in it. ANY AND ALL HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. This is and will be a work in progress till I get time to sit down and make it thorough, but heck, why not start now? Here it goes:
Note : This is a work in progress and looks like it might take a while to complete. If you're joining and have any questions don't hesitate to post or PM me, I'd be glad to help.
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On behalf of the Xtreme Systems GPUGrid team, I would like to welcome you to the GPUGrid forum! Whether you're just looking around or an xtreme cruncher, this is where you can find anything and everything related to GPUGrid and BOINC.
GPUGrid:
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What is it?
Volunteer computing for biomedicine
GPUGRID.net is a novel distributed supercomputing infrastructure made of many NVIDIA graphics cards joined together to deliver high-performance all-atom biomolecular simulations. The molecular simulations performed by our volunteers are some of the most common types performed by scientists in the field, but they are also some of the most computationally demanding and usually require a supercomputer.
Running GPUGRID on GPUs innovates volunteer computing by delivering supercomputing class applications on a cost effective infrastructure which will greatly impact the way biomedical research is performed.
Be part of it.
If you enjoy science, you can participate by donating computing time to scientific research. Simply follow the instructions to start, gain your credits for the results you return, join a team, meet and exchange experiences with other participants in the forums.
What have WE accomplished?
As of November 2009, GPUGRID is the world’s 6th DC
project in data production and the world’s 1st in Bio-molecular
simulations (source boincstats.com).
Modeling macromolecular system is computationally expensive and traditionally requires costly high-performance computing resources. Through the use of the GPU resources of non-dedicated desktop and workstation computers, GPUGRID has created an infrastructure to form the basis of a robust system for high-throughput accurate binding affinity prediction.
A useful
overview of GPUGrid and it's accomplishments. For a more in depth look at the science, start
here.
Here is a list of
publications for further research.
What does GPUGrid research specifically?
BOINC:
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The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a non-commercial middleware system for volunteer and grid computing. It was originally developed to support the SETI@home project before it became useful as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, and astrophysics. The intent of BOINC is to make it possible for researchers to tap into the enormous processing power of personal computers around the world.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkele...work_Computing
FAQs:
So I want to help, but how do I know if my card is compatible?
Any CUDA-compatible NVIDIA Graphics Cards on 32/64-bit Windows or 64-bit Linux is capable of contributing to the GPUGrid project, although it is recommended that you use a 2xx series card, many members have used other cards to help the cause. Here is a chart for further reference.
Great, I installed BOINC and attached to GPUGrid, but get the message "No NVIDIA GPU found." What's wrong?
Check that you have installed the latest drivers here. Although >185.xx are acceptable, we recommend 186.xx or higher for the new ACEMD WUs.
Also, please check that you have a new version of BOINC (>6.10.17)
BOINC for Windows 64-bit/32-bit
Linux 64-bit
Guides:
Installing Boinc and Joining the Grid
Stats:
Xtremesystems GPUGRID team and member rank
XS Team Stats @ Free DC
XS Team Stats @ BOINCstats
XS Individual Stats @ BOINCstats
More:
What Does GPUGrid research Specifically?
tips, tricks, and tidbits for GPU crunching
GPUGrid OCing help thread
Cruncher Lingo Dictionary
XS Milestones thread
Pie- Perfection In Execution Thread
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So that's all I've got in me for now.
If you see a problem, please point it out.
If you'd like to help, you're my new best friend.
And to our new members PLEASE post any questions you had to include in the FAQ. If you know the answer, please include it, but if not, I or one of my new best friends will look it up.
Again, work in progress, and a ton more to do...
Thanks in advance for your help guys!
