MW is fine, but IIRC to do something productive there you need to have an AMD GPU, NV stuff has troubles to work with DP used by MW.

Does that changes?

GPUGrid with it's long time to crunch WU is not really a project to use as a backup. IMHO

Is there a 'better' database to use than Informix? What does Google use, for example? SQL by MS? And is it practical to switch? Though I have heard of Informix for quite some time, I just Googled it and found that it is an IBM product. I guess I am old, but I thought that IBM had a reputation for doing big iron, and a solid DB? Or has that ossified over the years?

*edit* Just took a closer look at the quick blurb on Google, and this caught my eye: Stable release: 12.10.xC7 / June 15, 2016. I can appreciate having something just work if it ain't broke, but I don't know, it seems to me that over 18 months between stable releases seems like a pretty long time in the compressed IT world we live in now. But then again, what do I know? ;-)

As I just learned there is a maximum of 100 WUs per compute device, or device class, and with an average of about 4-5 minutes per WU, that's a maximum of about 8 hours of work I can store, and with the splitters out all the time recently, this really doesn't cut it.

I'm already out of work for two hours with the current outage.

I don't know what you guys are doing, the time estimates on both of my boxes with GTX1060s are very accurate. I run 2 at a time and they process at the rate of 4 an hour, so they estimate 30 min a task.

Since the statement has been made there is no more Arecibo work in hopper, or available, I would say the future of this thread is also in grave doubt.........

Plenty of AP resends still to come, then people can discuss how long it was since they last had an AP WU, and how much Credit they gave compared to MB..
I reckon it's got years of life, even if there is no more AP data to be split.

We can also complain about why nobody is making an app for AP for work from GBT or Parkes.
That should keep the thread alive for years too :-)

The individual user/host/team credit values are being exported normally - that's where BOINCstats and the other similar sites get their data from - but it's the project aggregate values which are missing. BOINCstats obviously recover the aggregate total by summing the individual values as they process them.

When I have that problem (compound, or even finger prints) after opening up some of the used CPU's I've bought in the past, I just go to the medicine cabinet and get some 92% rubbing (Isopropyl) alcohol and a lint free cloth, and a couple wipes with fresh spots on the towel each time & it's all gone. At least that's been my experience. I like the higher proof, more concentrated I guess.

What motherboard do you have to put the CPUs into?

I have an Intel s2600cp2j from a Natex bundle and kind of wondering if this would work for me too. $59 per CPU upgrade seems pretty good.

I have 2 - one is an ASUS Z9PE-D16 (the one with 4(!)Ethernet ports), the other is an ASROCK Rack EP2C602.

Both have BIOS which should support the V2 CPUs (waiting for them to come to find out for sure!).

Check out the BIOS in yours to see if it will support the V2s; if not, check the MB webpage to see if such a BIOS is available (fingers crossed!).

EDIT: BTW, my machines both make 75-80K RAC, but both have dual GTX 1080s installed, running 3 WUs each.

Add in as many cards as will fit in your computer. Then add this option <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> to your cc_config.xml file in your BOINC directory with Notepad.Then use Re-read config files from the Options menu in the Manager. You should see all the gpu's that are installed picked up in the Event Log. Boinc will use all available resources.

Weeeelllll... Maybe. I found that I had hit the limit of either 5 or 6 on one of my systems with dual proc Xeons and 10 4x PCI-E slots that I am using USB expanders on, and it has I believe 8 or 9 cards hooked up to it that way, but it ran out of memory space if I remember correctly, and I had to disable them one at a time until it would finally boot. I also had to go into the BIOS and disable everything that I could that wasn't necessary, to free up as much as I could. But in the 'normal' world, I'd say yeah, as many as you can get to fit onto the MB. ;-)

... and the MB credit is highly dependent on the angle rate (ar) of the packet. So is the runtime between different apps.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=2784838125
MB can pay more than one credit per second. I have not seen AP do that.

Petri

By enabling Developer options/mode they then make other options, such as screen staying on while on charger, available.
Anything similar for Android phones?

Thanks for the idea!
The phone is now lying face-down on my night stand, continuously running two Seti tasks. I also know now why the CPU would clock down as the temperatures in this state are high. For just two cores running at full blast (and a third being used by the OS), temps have gone up from 25C to 45C and they're still rising. Glad it's cold in the bedroom.

The option is Preferences->Developer options->Stay awake (Screen will never sleep while charging)

I ran No Screen Off on that phone before but it would do so for only 10 minutes (600 seconds). I didn't dare try the other one when I read one or more people bricked their device with it. So this is the easier thing to do.
Of course enabling the Developer options is a pre (Open Settings> About> Software Information> More. Then tap “Build number” seven times to enable Developer options in the main preferences menu.)

Where I wouldn't mind leaving the phone alone and walk out the house, I'll unplug it before doing so later on. Especially with the higher heat build-up of the CPU and charger, I'd rather be home when it's doing stuff.