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Today is Fat Tuesday, March 4, 2003. Sometime this evening this computer will complete 1,000 work units.
I have been looking forward to this day for more than 3 years. Last year I expanded my computer repair business and I now have three computers (only two right now as one is broken and being repaired) processing SETI data 24/7.
We have a peer to peer network, two machines run Windows XP Pro and this machine runs on Windows 98SE. Machine #1, this machine, is a Pentium lll-700, 1GB SDRAM PC-100, one 20GB HDD (C:) and a backup drive of 40GB. Machine #2 is an Intel Celeron 900, 256MB SDRAM PC-133 with two 40GB HDDs. Machine #3 is also an Intel Celeron 1.7Mhz, 256 SDRAM PC-133 with a 40GB HDD (C:) and a storage and backup drive of 80GB.
Machine #1 processes a data unit every 22 hours. #3 takes roughly 50 hours for each unit and #2 is down so I'm not sure about it. Obviously more memory makes a difference. I'd add more to machine #1 but Win98SE is maxed at 1GB.
In the near future, perhaps as a reward for completing 1,000 units, I will add a fourth machine. The anticipated architecture will be a dual processor Pentium 4, 2.4GHz with as much memory as the board (as yet undefined) will carry. Machine #1 will then be fully dedicated to SETI work and hopefully I'll cut the time in half to the second 1,000 units.
If you want to say HI contact me at edbarnett@sbcglobal.net .
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