Something else to consider is that presumably, in some of these cases,
the work would eventually be done 'in-house' anyway. So by contributing
to a distributed project, you might be helping to prevent the
procurement (and therefore manufacturing) of many new 'in-house' servers
- thus making a
teeitup;426064 Wrote:
Great idea!
MY SC server is participating in the fold...@home distributed computing
project.
http://folding.stanford.edu/
What a great idea!
Any team# i could join?
Lasse
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lazpete
I downloaded the Compute Against Cancer client for Linux but was unable
to install as it requires a UI - and I am running a headless Ubuntu 8.10
server.
I am keen to utilise my server for something good so would like to try
something. Does anyone know of any clients that will run on a headless
Just don't forget that these cycles aren't free - your server will be
using a lot more power running at 100% CPU 24/7. Personally, I prefer to
donate a little cash to some of these causes and avoid the carbon
emissions.
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radish
radish;427026 Wrote:
your server will be using a lot more power
I think it depends on the server. Once you go 24/7, the new netbooks
don't radically increase consumption by running a background program.
My point for this thread is that if you are 24/7 anyway, adding a
background program will
mortslim;427035 Wrote:
I think it depends on the server. Once you go 24/7, the new netbooks
don't radically increase consumption by running a background program.
But it's not really a background program - these things are
specifically designed to take 100% cpu when the machine is otherwise
radish;427083 Wrote:
I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from contributing if they want to,
just making sure people are aware that it's not free computing power,
it costs you some extra amount of money and it costs the environment
some extra amount of carbon emissions, even if your machine
Goodsounds;427094 Wrote:
Increasing power consumption of some number of PCs in people's homes
will not result in any increase of carbon emissions.
Very true, up to a point. You or I individually won't make any
appreciable difference, but if everyone increased their domestic use 5%
then new
radish;427083 Wrote:
But it's not really a background program - these things are
specifically designed to take 100% cpu when the machine is otherwise
idle (which for a typical file server is almost all the time). It does
of course depend very much on your machine, something like an Atom has
radish;427098 Wrote:
Very true, up to a point. You or I individually won't make any
appreciable difference, but if everyone increased their domestic use 5%
then new power plants would be needed to keep that 10% buffer. Likewise,
if everyone lowered their domestic usage 5% I'm sure some
radish;427098 Wrote:
new power plants would be needed
Reductio ad absurdum (Latin: reduction to the absurd) is a form of
argument in which a proposition is disproven by following its
implications to a logical but absurd consequence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
I want
My desktop is looking for E.T with the s...@home projekt
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
And for gravity waves with einst...@home
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
Eidt: I first heard of this for many years ago, but a reminder now and
then is good every one of these projects needs more
mortslim;425975 Wrote:
Suggestion: maybe start a group called squeezecenter so that all of
these contributions can be lumped together statistically.
Hey I like that suggestion. I've just upgraded my QNAP to the TS-439
which sports an intel ATOM processor and 1GB RAM. Should be able to
I used to run fold...@home for the Hexus.net forums. I got tired of the
massive bugs in their client and the additional load it put on my
SqueezeCenter/MediaPortal box. It also meant my laptop was on full pelt
all the time.
I much prefer the cooling to only kick in when it's actually needed
For those with a 24/7 squeezecenter server, how about doing double duty
and using it also for some distributed computing task as well, like
looking for beings from another world, finding a cure for cancer or
otherwise helping humanity.
Here is lists of projects:
Great idea!
MY SC server is participating in the fold...@home distributed computing
project.
http://folding.stanford.edu/
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