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jbcool · Jun 27, 2003, 10:46 PM

Ouch my head hurts. Must have been from that smack from a Raven that flew past me.

Congrats on taking the lead in d-fold Raven.

At least I can say I was in the lead at one time in each of the d-fold projects.

Shaktai · Jun 28, 2003, 02:32 AM

Don't feel bad. Scott blew by me while I was napping. Sounded a bit like an out of control freight train.

jbcool · Jun 28, 2003, 05:13 AM

Originally posted by Shaktai:
Don't feel bad. Scott blew by me while I was napping. Sounded a bit like an out of control freight train.

I felt bad about the post after I went and saw that I had one machine that had a weeks worth of data stored on it. Did the dump and shot back into the #1 spot again. Wasn't getting anything out of the netboot clients so I put drives on them and started them on d-fold. Had bad memory in one of them.

I did notice last night that Welnic is out producing the top four on our team.

Welnic · Jun 28, 2003, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by jbcool:
I felt bad about the post after I went and saw that I had one machine that had a weeks worth of data stored on it. Did the dump and shot back into the #1 spot again. Wasn't getting anything out of the netboot clients so I put drives on them and started them on d-fold. Had bad memory in one of them.

I did notice last night that Welnic is out producing the top four on our team.

jbcool · Jun 28, 2003, 11:38 AM

Originally posted by Welnic:

Ok smilin' Jack aka Welnic. What type of iron are you pushing?
I always like to know what the competition has.

I spend most my time on the porch 'cause I can keep up with the big dogs.

Scotttheking · Jun 28, 2003, 12:05 PM

I can't pass raven

It looks like he's moving stuff from f@h.

I guess I'll be stuck in second place.

The Raven · Jun 28, 2003, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
I can't pass raven
It looks like he's moving stuff from f@h.

I guess I'll be stuck in second place.

You might pass me for now

I won't be moving any boxes over untill the end of the week.
And then maybe I can be #1 on the team for once

At least untill Cobramac decides to pass me (or jbcool keep watering that farm)

jbcool · Jun 28, 2003, 10:30 PM

Originally posted by The Raven:
You might pass me for now
I won't be moving any boxes over untill the end of the week.
And then maybe I can be #1 on the team for once At least untill Cobramac decides to pass me (or jbcool keep watering that farm)

I've got two more boxes to add tomorrow if I'm lucky.
Decided not to water the farm for a while. I know from past experience that you can shoot by me any time you decide to fire things up, I know Scott can stomp me when he decides to also. Cobramac and Mikkyo are in a different class. I'm like in pro stock and they are fuel blown fire breathing dragons.

Got two boxes that will stay on F@H 'cause they don't like d-fold for some reason.

Scotttheking · Jun 28, 2003, 10:55 PM

Athlon XP 2400 + mobo for $90 at fry's!
I'm told they overclock well.
*Ponders*

jbcool · Jun 29, 2003, 08:54 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
Athlon XP 2400 + mobo for $90 at fry's!
I'm told they overclock well.
*Ponders*

Go for it!

I decided not to get one this week, so I bought $450 of other stuff.

jbcool · Jun 29, 2003, 09:50 PM

Ok gang. I have everything running that the electrical circuits in this dump of an appartment will allow. Plugged in one more last night and everything that wasn't on a ups went down.

There no place like home, theres no place like home. Where I have 50 amps going into my communications room.

Guess you all know which state the home base is in???

Scotttheking · 10:44 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:
Ok gang. I have everything running that the electrical circuits in this dump of an appartment will allow. Plugged in one more last night and everything that wasn't on a ups went down.

There no place like home, theres no place like home. Where I have 50 amps going into my communications room.

Guess you all know which state the home base is in???

kansas?

jbcool · Jun 30, 2003, 12:34 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
kansas?

Folks we have a winner!

Just clicked my heels three time and it didn't work.

I did find a solution to the overloaded circut. Move the extra units into the guest bathroom.

I'm going to try and may you and Raven work for this one.

I just hope I can hold you guys back for a couple of weeks.

Scotttheking · Jun 30, 2003, 12:54 AM

I found one of my missing 20GB HDs in a friend's garage, and another in the bottom of a box.
I think I should build systems to go with the drives

enola · Jun 30, 2003, 01:14 AM

Originally posted by jbcool:
I did find a solution to the overloaded circut. Move the extra units into the guest bathroom.

Now that's dedication!

Scotttheking · Jun 30, 2003, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by jbcool:
I'm going to try and may you and Raven work for this one.

I just hope I can hold you guys back for a couple of weeks.

Good luck.
I think I can pass you both before raven moves his machines to DF at the end of the week. I just need a few free hours, and enough luck to prevent the breaker from blowing. It hasn't been possible to vacuum for months, because turning one on blows the breaker.

jbcool · Jun 30, 2003, 05:24 AM

Originally posted by enola:
Now that's dedication!

Anything for the team.

jbcool · Jun 30, 2003, 05:31 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
I found one of my missing 20GB HDs in a friend's garage, and another in the bottom of a box.
I think I should build systems to go with the drives

By golly I believe that you are right! Is that Fry's I hear calling you?

I would like to see you and Raven both knock me out of 1st place by the end of the week.

Bring it on bad boy.

Let me kick these other boxes back in.

Your up against 5 2400+ machines. That should be enough information to let you know what you have to bring to the table.

jbcool · Jun 30, 2003, 10:54 AM

More power Scotty!

Scotttheking · 11:12 AM

Originally posted by jbcool:
More power Scotty!

One of my boxes refuses to run DF for more then a few hours

However, if you want some more power, I'll give you more power.
Let me just fire up ssh to give some machines very swift kicks.

Edit: I have the feeling that machines at my other farm aren't running either.

jbcool · Jun 30, 2003, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
One of my boxes refuses to run DF for more then a few hours
However, if you want some more power, I'll give you more power.
Let me just fire up ssh to give some machines very swift kicks.

Edit: I have the feeling that machines at my other farm aren't running either.

Make it so!

Bummer on the box with the bad foot. Maybe a heat issue? Renice the process?

Bummer on the other farm also. I'm just standing up here hoping that I can take this **** with the red and white circles off.

Looks like we are running 1/1 at the moment so it won't take much.

Welnic · Jun 30, 2003, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:
Ok smilin' Jack aka Welnic. What type of iron are you pushing?
I always like to know what the competition has.

I spend most my time on the porch 'cause I can keep up with the big dogs.

I was gone over the weekend. I have dual 800 macs at work and home that I actually work with. I just got an upgrade on my work PC, it is a 2.4 GHz P4. But it is actually running F@H at the moment. I have various PCs borged at work, probably 5-7 at any one time.

And then I have the dedicated farm, which is 2 dual 2000MP boxen and a little 5 node cluster of 2100XPs. I have started making some power splitter cables and then I will probably add 3 more 2500XP nodes.

Farm Pictures:
http://rasy.com/home/clint/farmpics/CubeFarm.html

jbcool · Jun 30, 2003, 10:29 PM

Originally posted by Welnic:
I was gone over the weekend. I have dual 800 macs at work and home that I actually work with. I just got an upgrade on my work PC, it is a 2.4 GHz P4. But it is actually running F@H at the moment. I have various PCs borged at work, probably 5-7 at any one time.

And then I have the dedicated farm, which is 2 dual 2000MP boxen and a little 5 node cluster of 2100XPs. I have started making some power splitter cables and then I will probably add 3 more 2500XP nodes.

Farm Pictures:
http://rasy.com/home/clint/farmpics/CubeFarm.html

Your kicking out some pretty impresive numbers. I would have guess that you had more than that running. Thanks for the help with the netboot stuff. I will get it working at some point, work is getting in the way again.

I have (2) 2.4GB, (1) 2.53GB, (5) 2400+, (1) 2600+, and (1) 1900+ machines running plus (2) old junkers running in Wichita (maybe).

Raven: See that you have picked up the pace a little. If Scott and you both get serious I am toast by the end of the week.

Scotttheking · Jul 1, 2003, 01:07 AM

Originally posted by jbcool:
I have (2) 2.4GB, (1) 2.53GB, (5) 2400+, (1) 2600+, and (1) 1900+ machines running plus (2) old junkers running in Wichita (maybe).

Raven: See that you have picked up the pace a little. If Scott and you both get serious I am toast by the end of the week.

So now you list your full specs. I was wondering how you were keeping up with me with only 5 xp2400s, now I know.

I was planning on stopping by the secondary farm after class tonight (it's close), and I forgot the keys! Hopefully I'll be able to go Wednesday night to check.
I've got some old parts at home that I'm going to try and make a machine out of, but it'll wait until tomorrow. It's late, I'm too tired to try building and installing a machine.
Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with you!

Side note, I just got shipping confirmation of a 512MB ram stick for the stats processing box. Dfold stats will have plenty of ram to use

jbcool · Jul 1, 2003, 04:56 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
So now you list your full specs. I was wondering how you were keeping up with me with only 5 xp2400s, now I know.

Your only up against the five 2400 machine at the moment. I should have two more running by tomorrow.

Some are on F@H and others are turned off to keep the circuit breaker from blowing. Oops just had a test machine upload some data this morning.

It is shut back down until tonight.

Scotttheking · Jul 1, 2003, 12:49 PM

I can't catch you, but Raven is going down before I leave for a 4 day vacation Thurs morning. I just have to find time to put these new systems together. The UPS guy is going to hate me, I've got one box coming in every day this week

The Raven · Jul 1, 2003, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
I can't catch you, but Raven is going down before I leave for a 4 day vacation Thurs morning. I just have to find time to put these new systems together. The UPS guy is going to hate me, I've got one box coming in every day this week

Maybe I should move a couple boxes over and keep you from racing by me

Scotttheking · Jul 1, 2003, 11:40 PM

Oh well, looks like this mobo in my bad pile really is bad. I'll have to RMA the sucker. And I sold the mobo I could have used instead

slipjack · Jul 2, 2003, 11:06 PM

Fantastic pics, Welnic... I'm outta my league w/ you guys, but I'll start to pile on some stats here and there as I can.

Scotttheking · Jul 3, 2003, 12:51 AM

Originally posted by The Raven:
Maybe I should move a couple boxes over and keep you from racing by me

bye

OneMacGuy · Jul 3, 2003, 11:42 AM

I am shooting to number 4 in the next few weeks. You guys better move the rest of those farm boxes over to dFold and leave F@H behind!

I can't compete with the top 3 yet, but I do have some CPU's to move over yet, unfortunately they just 2 Ghz Pentium 4 at a clients location. They also insist that I run the screensaver verson, oh well still free cycles and they pick up the power bills!

The Raven · Jul 3, 2003, 01:13 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
bye

Im back

jbcool · Jul 3, 2003, 05:45 PM

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
I am shooting to number 4 in the next few weeks. You guys better move the rest of those farm boxes over to dFold and leave F@H behind!

I can't compete with the top 3 yet, but I do have some CPU's to move over yet, unfortunately they just 2 Ghz Pentium 4 at a clients location. They also insist that I run the screensaver verson, oh well still free cycles and they pick up the power bills!

Hey evey spare cycle counts and when you don't have the power bills associated well that is even better.

Me thinks you ought to go for the #1 spot. Leave them all in the dust.

OneMacGuy · Jul 3, 2003, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:
Hey evey spare cycle counts and when you don't have the power bills associated well that is even better.

Me thinks you ought to go for the #1 spot. Leave them all in the dust.

Yea, right! If I continue at my current production rate today of around 90,000 per day, that would give me about 3 Ghz of power by Scott's calculation methods. If I add my clients 3 - 2 Ghz P4 boxes this weekend, I might move up to 4 Ghz. That still leaves me SIGNIFICANTLY behind the top three producers!!

BTW, what gives with this CPU power calc? I have 3 Athlon XP 2500 Barton CPU's and 3 Mac G4 boxes running at my house right now, just those add up to more than twice those calcs.

Shaktai · Jul 3, 2003, 09:14 PM

Originally posted by OneMacGuy:
Yea, right! If I continue at my current production rate today of around 90,000 per day, that would give me about 3 Ghz of power by Scott's calculation methods. If I add my clients 3 - 2 Ghz P4 boxes this weekend, I might move up to 4 Ghz. That still leaves me SIGNIFICANTLY behind the top three producers!!

BTW, what gives with this CPU power calc? I have 3 Athlon XP 2500 Barton CPU's and 3 Mac G4 boxes running at my house right now, just those add up to more than twice those calcs.

I think those calcs are still based upon the old client.

reader50 · Jul 3, 2003, 10:56 PM

No one has posted any benchmarks to speak of, and my box is tied up on a large Tinker unit.

Welnic posted that the new client seems 40% as fast as the old client, so I adjusted the power figures accordingly.

slipjack · Jul 3, 2003, 10:58 PM

Why doesn't Welnic join Team MacNN? We could use the 9 mil+ pts.. right?

reader50 · Jul 4, 2003, 12:14 AM

Welnic did stop by with Team MacNN for a couple of months. Then his coworkers leaned on him to return the units to their team ... and said coworkers' machines were supplying most of his crunching power.

Coworkers can be so persuasive.

Shaktai · Jul 6, 2003, 04:39 PM

Originally posted by reader50:
No one has posted any benchmarks to speak of, and my box is tied up on a large Tinker unit.

Welnic posted that the new client seems 40% as fast as the old client, so I adjusted the power figures accordingly.

Well I haven't had time to do any benchmarking on phase II. However, I think Welnic is pretty close with the 40% estimate. You did mention what the calculations showed me as having, and I did post back what I really have (about 7.9 ghz right now).

Scotttheking · Jul 6, 2003, 08:19 PM

Originally posted by The Raven:
Im back

I don't see it...

jbcool · Jul 6, 2003, 09:38 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
I don't see it...

Raven still seems to have a lot of power over at F@H.
You both have enough power left that you can pass me when you decide you want to. I did warn you guys that I was going to make you try and work for this one. Have done bad for an old man, eh?

I've got a bunch of projects to work on but have put them off for a few days just to try and keep the power up.

The Raven · Jul 6, 2003, 09:40 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
I don't see it...

forgot to open the firewall

I will get to that in the next couple days

The Raven · Jul 7, 2003, 05:57 PM

opened the firewall so production should start going up again

Maybe not enough to pass both scott and jbcool but enough to push them along

jbcool · Jul 7, 2003, 06:28 PM

Originally posted by The Raven:
opened the firewall so production should start going up again
Maybe not enough to pass both scott and jbcool but enough to push them along

Woo Hoo giddy up little doggies. I'm getting tired of the #1 spot anyway I just want you guys to earn it.

Just got the electric bill for last month and it looks like I have added another $75 a month. Ouch! Need to get a job in Greenland.

And people don't think we give to charity.

Scotttheking · Jul 7, 2003, 06:35 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:
Woo Hoo giddy up little doggies. I'm getting tired of the #1 spot anyway I just want you guys to earn it.

Just got the electric bill for last month and it looks like I have added another $75 a month. Ouch! Need to get a job in Greenland.
And people don't think we give to charity.

What's your total bill? I think ours is around $300/month

jbcool · Jul 7, 2003, 07:18 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
What's your total bill? I think ours is around $300/month

Mine was $253 for last month which had four less computers running than the next month will. I guessing a $275+ for next month. I think I was only paying about $160 the last time I worked here with four computers running. I have a watts up meter so I could actually figure out how much each computer is costing not counting the A/C to cool them. I was actually expecting a $300 bill so I am surprised with the A/C running pretty much nonstop.

My house in the land of oz is alway less than $200 due to the fact that all the heat generating equipment is in the basement. Don't use the heater much here or there in the winter.

I'm having a great time and what we are doing might (probably will) help someone in the future so it is all worth it.

Just be out buying things I don't need anyway.

jbcool · Jul 7, 2003, 07:22 PM

Ok Scott. Fess up. How many unit have you got stored waiting to drop the hammer on me.

When are you planning to go for the kill?
Wish I could get the birth mark off. Those darn red and white circles!

Shaktai · Jul 7, 2003, 08:04 PM

Dang, I must live where electricity is cheap. My electric bill is about $30 a month, going up to no more then $40 in the winter when the electric heat might kick in.

Of course I don't have to pay for air conditioning.

The Raven · Jul 7, 2003, 08:51 PM

Originally posted by Shaktai:
Dang, I must live where electricity is cheap. My electric bill is about $30 a month, going up to no more then $40 in the winter when the electric heat might kick in.

Of course I don't have to pay for air conditioning.

Same here $300 sounds insane

enola · Jul 7, 2003, 08:54 PM

The bill for me was ~$150 bucks last month. That was with 3 computers running full time. I've been sharing the DSL line with my roomie for free for a while now so we figure the cost of the extra electricity evens things out. I ran dfold for a full day on one of the PC's on Saturday. Wanted to see how it did. It definitely runs a bit cooler than f@h, like maybe a couple of Celsius degrees.