Special thanks to all who recently joined the team

[retro77]

What's n00b? j/k

With us, there are no n00b's! Feel free to ask away. I know I did when I first started and I still do!

[winstontj]

When do these daily totals start to accumulate and post on the web?

[D_A]

On the WCG site (My Grid pages) your stuff starts to show up within 24 hours, normally.

[Movieman]

When do these daily totals start to accumulate and post on the web?

App 8:15PM each nighton your WCG web page go to statsand then choose what you want to see..individuals,teams, day, total..
I feel another call coming..

[retro77]

Well I guess that would take care of the hearing in the other ear as well...

[sierra_bound]

2,155 team members.

Welcome to:

H.3.X
Gregrt

[Movieman]

2,155 team members.

Welcome to:

H.3.X
Gregrt

and thanks for helping!

[sierra_bound]

2,157 team members.

Welcome to:

foR.
ampp

[Nikolasz]

2,157 team members.

Welcome to:

foR.
ampp

[winstontj]

Is this above or below average?

I have a few more machines I could install this on but I don't know if its worth it because they aren't dual-CPU machines.

thx.

[D_A]

If you don't care about power costs or heat then run as much as you feel like but if the cost of power comes into thing AT ALL then I'd suggest only running the single core machines for things like Supercomputer Week. I currently have four single core machines and they just aren't very efficient, either in terms of power or work done for time taken, but they can lend a little more weight when there's an all out push on.

[DimmuKlokSC2]

Is this above or below average?

I have a few more machines I could install this on but I don't know if its worth it because they aren't dual-CPU machines.

thx.

If you can afford the electric bill then run all them bad boys, every little bit counts.

I don't know the teams average but with 7 machines running and having that many points so soon, I'd be willing to bet you're well above average.

[winstontj]

Oh good... HVAC + Electricity are included at the office

[PoppaGeek]

Some WU can take a week or more to validate and show up. On the left hand side go to Results Status and choose Pending Validation. That will give you a better idea how you are doing. You can also check for errors and invalids there.

[Movieman]

Is this above or below average?

I have a few more machines I could install this on but I don't know if its worth it because they aren't dual-CPU machines.

thx.

Numbers are tough to comment on without having a specific list, how many hours running,etc.
I always saw to people when they start, "Do what you can and whatever that amount is, it is the "right" amount.
Now blunt talk:
If your not paying the electric and the AC can handdle the load run them all or whatever your comfortable with.
Now this old fool needs sleep..

[SiGfever]

all new members. We are glad that you chose to be a part of this great team. Movieman is just a phone call away.

[CaptMorgan]

Thank you all again- Everyone here is friendly and always available to help

[winstontj]

Numbers are tough to comment on without having a specific list, how many hours running,etc.
I always saw to people when they start, "Do what you can and whatever that amount is, it is the "right" amount.
Now blunt talk:
If your not paying the electric and the AC can handdle the load run them all or whatever your comfortable with.
Now this old fool needs sleep..

Its 50/50 right now – I pay for home but the office is included in the rent. Unfortunately I have the 5580 and 5680 boxes at my apartment so I shut those down at night or when I’m not using them but there are enough at the office to crank out some decent numbers.

Has anyone ever put together an analysis of work done vs. power consumption? For example, I have a hard time believing that two of my Pentium4 boxes would be worth it to run – they are old and consume a lot of power even when compared to a dual X5680 machine that is brand new. Is this the same for an E8600 compared to a Q9650 – that the work done per watt is going to be higher on the quad-core than on the dual-core? I don’t want to be running machines at my apartment that aren’t going to do much other than raise my electric bill. At the office on the other hand…

[sierra_bound]

Has anyone ever put together an analysis of work done vs. power consumption? For example, I have a hard time believing that two of my Pentium4 boxes would be worth it to run – they are old and consume a lot of power even when compared to a dual X5680 machine that is brand new. Is this the same for an E8600 compared to a Q9650 – that the work done per watt is going to be higher on the quad-core than on the dual-core? I don’t want to be running machines at my apartment that aren’t going to do much other than raise my electric bill. At the office on the other hand…

Below is a thread where members listed the power consumption on various computers.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...er+consumption

An overclocked system will draw more power. We all know that. It's a matter of weighing the additional electricity cost versus the additional points/day. Many of the people here like to push their PC's to their limits. No different, I suppose, than people who want to see what their car's maximum speed is. Of course, the latter is likely illegal, while overclocking is not.

Many of the team members have Kill-A-Watt electricity usage monitors. The Kill-A-Watt will tell you how much power your system is drawing from the wall. You can usually find them for under $20.

[Origin_Unknown]

all new members. We are glad that you chose to be a part of this great team. Movieman is just a phone call away.

he's probably got all the new people's numbers already

[winstontj]

he's probably got all the new people's numbers already

he's got my number

What does it mean points claimed vs. BOINC points granted? It seems like I'm always granted more points than I'm claiming? The ONLY exceptions were when I manually suspended tasks, powered down the machine and then resumed at a later date - it seems as though as long as I keep things running 24/7/365 then I'm always awarded more points?? Not sure how this really works??

[sierra_bound]

WCG uses a quorum system on many projects. What that means is that the exact same work unit is sent out to at least two different computers. When both identical work units are completed and returned, they are analyzed to make sure there are no errors. Each computer is awarded a claimed credit using a formula you can find here:

http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Claimed_Credit

Since each computer in the quorum will have a different whetstone and dhrystone result, the claimed credit will differ among the computers.

There are several ways that granted credit is determined. When the quorum is only two, the granted credit is usually the lower claimed credit amount of the two.

http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Granted_Credit

The reason for the quorum system is that scientists like redundancy. They usually like to see the same work unit completed more than once.

A work unit is not validated until all the quorum participants have completed and sent back that unit. This explains why it can sometimes take up to a week to get a work unit validated. You may have completed the work unit. But the other participant, who's sometimes referred to as the wingman, may have a slower machine and take longer to complete the work unit.

By the way, the BOINC Wiki is an excellent source of information.

http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Main_Page

[WFO]

all new members. We are glad that you chose to be a part of this great team. Movieman is just a phone call away.

Clearly one that knows about that which he speaks.

[sierra_bound]

2,154 team members. A few people left, but another person joined the team.

Welcome to mbreslin.

[SiGfever]

Clearly one that knows about that which he speaks.

What did you say, let me turn up my Beltone hearing aid. Wait a moment, I see Movieman is calling.