Goodbye

Message boards : Number crunching : Goodbye

Author	Message
JPM Send message Joined: 5 Jun 05 Posts: 2 Credit: 31,567 RAC: 0	Message 1133337 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 4:31:27 UTC
	Thanks to the Gillard (and formerly Rudd) Government in Australia, I am signing off from ALL BOINC projects that I contribute to. My electricity bill has near doubled. ____________
	ID: 1133337 ·

msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34151 Credit: 344,160,743 RAC: 542,275	Message 1133362 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 6:25:40 UTC - in response to Message 1133337.
	Thanks to the Gillard (and formerly Rudd) Government in Australia, I am signing off from ALL BOINC projects that I contribute to. My electricity bill has near doubled. Well, I am sorry to see any Seti contributor go, but I understand your situation. If things change for you, hopefully you will find your way back some day. Best wishes regardless. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
	ID: 1133362 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22736 Credit: 4,515,165 RAC: 5,583	Message 1133418 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 10:12:41 UTC Last modified: 29 Jul 2011, 10:13:21 UTC
	I halved my leccy bill by stopping CPU crunching, getting rid of half my machines, and using GPU's in the rest. Result=same RAC@half price. Have a re-think! ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA Member, 1st Childhood
	ID: 1133418 ·

Qui-Gon Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2888 Credit: 5,497,362 RAC: 2,603	Message 1133653 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 20:16:18 UTC
	I haven't been able to get any work for about a week now, since I don't leave my machines on 24/7 any more. Each time I've tried to get more work I get the message that there is no work available. It seems that if there are so many crunchers out there that the hoppers are mostly empty, then perhaps they don't need so many crunchers. I have scaled back to one machine most of the time and only occasionally do I get work for a second. I used to crunch seven computers.
	ID: 1133653 ·

JPM Send message Joined: 5 Jun 05 Posts: 2 Credit: 31,567 RAC: 0	Message 1133835 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 2:56:17 UTC - in response to Message 1133418.
	I will finish off the work units I have started but the machine that I have dedicated to crunching is an old proliant ml330 g3 server. Not much in the way of a GPU. ____________
	ID: 1133835 ·

dahls Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 122 Credit: 11,335,735 RAC: 15,824	Message 1133993 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 6:11:09 UTC - in response to Message 1133653.
	I haven't been able to get any work for about a week now, since I don't leave my machines on 24/7 any more. Each time I've tried to get more work I get the message that there is no work available. It seems that if there are so many crunchers out there that the hoppers are mostly empty, then perhaps they don't need so many crunchers. I have scaled back to one machine most of the time and only occasionally do I get work for a second. I used to crunch seven computers. My linux servers is running 24/7 but has not been able to get any work for more than a week. I have considered signing off too, since it seems like linux and BOINC does not work very well for the time being. ____________
	ID: 1133993 ·

James Butler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Jul 11 Posts: 143 Credit: 6,266 RAC: 0	Message 1134049 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 8:35:04 UTC Last modified: 30 Jul 2011, 8:36:21 UTC
	i find it easier and cheaper to crunch using a laptop as they are cheaper on electricity ____________
	ID: 1134049 ·

Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 774 Credit: 23,193,139 RAC: 0	Message 1134055 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 9:00:44 UTC - in response to Message 1134049.
	But no chance of GPU throughput.
	ID: 1134055 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22736 Credit: 4,515,165 RAC: 5,583	Message 1134060 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 9:22:12 UTC
	Somebody told me that Nvidia sell external boxes that take up to 4 full size graphic cards. If true, I wonder if ATI will follow suit.
	ID: 1134060 ·

ToxicTBag Send message Joined: 5 Feb 10 Posts: 101 Credit: 55,608,312 RAC: 1,335	Message 1134062 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 9:39:47 UTC - in response to Message 1133337.
	Allways a shame to see a cruncher go, i hope one day your circumstances change and that we will see you active again Best Wishes :-( ____________
	ID: 1134062 ·

Mike Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 19487 Credit: 21,141,683 RAC: 25,976	Message 1134064 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 9:49:56 UTC
	I totally agre with you Toxic. Best wishes. ____________
	ID: 1134064 ·

dahls Send message Joined: 24 Oct 04 Posts: 122 Credit: 11,335,735 RAC: 15,824	Message 1134089 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 11:41:41 UTC - in response to Message 1134062.
	Allways a shame to see a cruncher go, i hope one day your circumstances change and that we will see you active again Best Wishes :-( Yes it is. But when things does not work and there is no answer why it fails, the easiest way is just go do something else and forget about BOINC. My three windows workstation will continue to run as long as it works, but I'm not sure if I will use more time trying to get BOINC work properly under Linux. Most of my CPUs are running Linux. ____________
	ID: 1134089 ·

Zapped Sparky Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 2208 Credit: 630,045 RAC: 972	Message 1134094 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 11:55:27 UTC - in response to Message 1133337.
	Thanks to the Gillard (and formerly Rudd) Government in Australia, I am signing off from ALL BOINC projects that I contribute to. My electricity bill has near doubled. I hope that one day circumstances will allow you to return to the crunching world, in the meantime, best wishes.
	ID: 1134094 ·

BMH Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 258 Credit: 60,279,936 RAC: 61,370	Message 1134146 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 15:22:45 UTC
	Regarding those that are struggling for WUs... I have two boxes that are only on for 12-15 hrs a day that haven't been out of work for over a month when I set them up, compared to a couple of others that are on 24/7 that are struggling to keep the 'hoppers full'. I can't understand the logic - some machines just seem to go through rough patches. ____________ Brian.
	ID: 1134146 ·

clive G1FYE Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1284 Credit: 14,942,625 RAC: 2,647	Message 1134260 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 21:06:47 UTC - in response to Message 1134060.
	Somebody told me that Nvidia sell external boxes that take up to 4 full size graphic cards. If true, I wonder if ATI will follow suit. google for - PCI Express: Expansion Backplanes or words to that affect :¬) As an example have a look at this lot http://www.cyclone.com/products/expansion_backplanes/index.php BUT they cost a bit . . . . :¬(
	ID: 1134260 ·

The Gas Giant Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 Nov 01 Posts: 1890 Credit: 2,439,768 RAC: 0	Message 1134280 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 21:59:32 UTC - in response to Message 1133337.
	Thanks to the Gillard (and formerly Rudd) Government in Australia, I am signing off from ALL BOINC projects that I contribute to. My electricity bill has near doubled. You do realise the carbon tax isn't in place yet and any elec price increases are purely due to price gouging by the suppliers.
	ID: 1134280 ·

Bob Harris Send message Joined: 3 May 11 Posts: 112 Credit: 5,262,115 RAC: 0	Message 1134288 - Posted: 30 Jul 2011, 22:11:39 UTC - in response to Message 1134146.
	Regarding those that are struggling for WUs... I have two boxes that are only on for 12-15 hrs a day that haven't been out of work for over a month when I set them up, compared to a couple of others that are on 24/7 that are struggling to keep the 'hoppers full'. I can't understand the logic - some machines just seem to go through rough patches. Hi BMH (& fellow GPUUG buddy) My main rig hasn't recieved anything today, and has had barely any WU's over the past few days. Yet my other, less capable rigs have been getting more than enough, which is irritating because it's my main rig that needs the work to keep up RAC figures. It doesn't make sense to me... I can empathise with others on this thread, giving up.... It does look like there's now more crunchers, than there is work units... so maybe SETI is at max capacity now and doesn't need more crunchers...??? Just a thought.. Bob ____________ Crunching to find ET. Crunching to find cures for Cancer and other nasty diseases
	ID: 1134288 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22736 Credit: 4,515,165 RAC: 5,583	Message 1134476 - Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 11:19:43 UTC
	Clive, Thanks very much for that link, wow!!! But I think that it's mainly rack mounted server stuff there, and as you say, costs a bit. Plus of course you would need the power supplies to feed it. google for - PCI Express: Expansion Backplanes or words to that affect :¬) As an example have a look at this lot http://www.cyclone.com/products/expansion_backplanes/index.php BUT they cost a bit . . . . :¬(
	ID: 1134476 ·

dcappello Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 249 Credit: 164,896,213 RAC: 18,404	Message 1134550 - Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 16:47:28 UTC
	Chris, Do you know anybody that has build a rig using expansion backplanes and is crunching 7X24 ? I am interested and intrigued to say the least - looking at my RAC you will know why I just couldn't keep things cool this summer here in Dallas with 25+ days over 100F. Thinking to unloading some machines and going this expansion route. Comments most welcome. JPM - sorry to see you bail - I hope you'll come back someday. ____________
	ID: 1134550 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 9705 Credit: 24,510,359 RAC: 3,655	Message 1134566 - Posted: 31 Jul 2011, 17:39:39 UTC
	JPM, you can still crunch. The idea behind S@H was to use spare cycles. That means running in the background when your computer is on but idle. For example when you go grab lunch or a cup of coffee. If you use the program as originally envisioned then you can still crunch and only burn the electricity that your computer will burn anyway.
	ID: 1134566 ·

1 · 2 · Next

Message boards : Number crunching : Goodbye