The "Oh My, Look Who Has Pie" Thread

[stoneageman]

[OldChap]

[pfm3136]

11 - 387,315

Don't worry, there's going to be more pie for everybody.

[pfm3136]

Don't worry, there's going to be more pie for everybody.

Or not, bitcoin price might be a little high, but isn't enough, and it stresses the cards a lot more.

[OldChap]

I may not have gotten pie but I slid into the top 100 for the first time....

I say the first time because I am moving house next weekend and I don't know how long I must wait for the new broadband connection. I expect to go backwards fast for a few days but it could be more.

I guess if I have to I can use mobile broadband for browsing but in view of how many wu's get done with GPU I think I would need to spend around $20 every 2 or 3 days just for the data.

[stoneageman]

[stoneageman]

[EtaCarinae]

OldChap still tasting pie. Delicious isn't it

[OldChap]

Still trying to find a way to keep crunching... do I want to leave my rigs in an empty house with internet or move them to the new place without any connection for a while.

This house is disconnected Friday 7th but I still have no date for the new install

I expect I will pull the plug on Tuesday/Wednesday then put one rig in a case and use at work for a few days. Maybe I can sneakernet the others using that one

[D_A]

I'm afraid I don't think you can sneakernet WCG any more. Personally I'd just call it a "maintenance break" and use the time to clean heatsinks etc.

[yojimbo197]

I'm afraid I don't think you can sneakernet WCG any more. Personally I'd just call it a "maintenance break" and use the time to clean heatsinks etc.

Ahh the good old days of sneakernetting 3.5" floppy disks worth of data over to the one computer that had a 1Gb WORM drive. Then burning on $100 WORM discs.

Funny you should mention heatsink cleaning. Just took down the Q9550 and the FrankenDell rigs to clean them out and prepare for the new AMD video card arriving tomorrow. Oh and installing a new PSU in the FrankenDell.

[BlindFreddie]

I'm afraid I don't think you can sneakernet WCG any more. Personally I'd just call it a "maintenance break" and use the time to clean heatsinks etc.

Personally I'd leave the machines online where they are if you can.
Sneakernet may still be possible, but it would be a PITA with OldChap's quantity of machines and data.
A quick search on "sneakernet" at WCG turned up http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/fo...ffset,0#402557
The suggestion there would mean you'd take a snapshot of the BOINC data directory of each of your offline machines to the online machine. There you'd mount each snapshot and switch BOINC to use the foreign data dir & do its network stuff. Your offline machines would not be able to crunch using the directory with the data you've taken, until you return with the updated version. I guess you could have 2 data directories on each of your offline machines, and crunch into the alternate directory while the other one is away for transferring data.
You'd have to be very disciplined about which data directory is which. A PITA.
BTW, using BOINC's default 2 upload/download threads is very slow when there are lots of small files as for HCC GPU results, and it would take hours to upload your data. Increasing the no of upload threads should help: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration

<max_file_xfers>N</max_file_xfers>
Maximum number of simultaneous file transfers (default 8).
<max_file_xfers_per_project>N</max_file_xfers_per_project>
Maximum number of simultaneous file transfers per project (default 2).

HTH, but we're getting a bit OT. Maybe there should be a sneakernet thread.

[EtaCarinae]

We are crunching on the long term, that is years. So a few days even a few weeks break is just a glitch over the whole life cycle.
When external air temperatures rise, my whole system goes slowly into hibernation and for half of the year my contribution becomes relatively anectodical. But then the next winter the engine roars again. That's life. You die and are reborn stronger than before. Believe me you can switch off and be at peace with yourself.
and have some rest or have a drink

[stoneageman]

[stoneageman]

[jeanguy2]

Yummy surprise...!!!

So this is what XtremeSystems pie taste like... Quite addictive....

[stoneageman]

[stoneageman]

[stoneageman]

[stoneageman]

[jeanguy2]

Congratulations Sam,

2 millions BOINC points on two normal PPD allocation days is an outstanding achievement...

You must have switched some nVidia GPU GRID video cards over to HCC or added some AMD 7XXX video cards... It is quite interesting to watch you and Hypernova slug it out for that top Master XS BOINC pie slice.

[supercoolin]

I'll be darn, kinda unfair to get a piece of the daily pie this way, but it looks like I might be able to earn a few pieces while OldChap is moving locations. Gonna have to invest in another 7970 before he gets back online.

[stoneageman]

[sRHunt3r]

I'll be darn, kinda unfair to get a piece of the daily pie this way, but it looks like I might be able to earn a few pieces while OldChap is moving locations. Gonna have to invest in another 7970 before he gets back online.

Congrats on the PIE, enjoy it, it's addictive. I'm sure OldChap will be back soon and stronger than ever looking to take my PIE !

[EtaCarinae]

I must admit now that the billion point is reached it is difficult to find new challenges in terms of points.
Maybe it is time we check how to improve runtime