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04-12-2007, 07:21 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 456
|  Spare Computers Kicking Around
Ive got four computers (for now, more on the way eventually) in my basement, ranging from a Pentium 200MHz to a Pentium III 800MHz. Right now Ive got them all hooked up to a switch, and they are all Folding. Is there anything else I could be doing with them? (I cant run an http/ftp/whatever server, due to my ISP and their x-parent proxy) Maybe there's a way I can cluster them together, and fold only on one machine (with the power of the other three added to it somehow) and fold a lot faster. It takes me at least a week to finish a single WU, if not more.
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04-12-2007, 09:10 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 195
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
You could use one of them to build a file server with 3-4 hard disks where you can store all your music/video/etc files.
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04-12-2007, 09:11 PM
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Self Proclaimed Immortal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton, TX (UNT) Posts: 2,501
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
give them to me so i can fold more....i only have 5 computers folding right now.... 
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04-12-2007, 09:18 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 456
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
Theyre gonna stay folding until I get better computers, its just that they take so long to complete a single WU, I was wondering if its even worth it, or if there's some way to make them all work as one.
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04-12-2007, 09:23 PM
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G33K P0W3R!!!! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HickTown, California (hesperia), and West Hollywood Posts: 2,059
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
yea, how would you do that, i would like to set up all the pc's in my sig to fold, everything is soo slow here,even my amd, it takes atleast 2 days to complete a WU.
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04-12-2007, 09:27 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 456
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
I can complete a work unit in less than a day with my e6400, but thats only one computer, and Im hoping to get a lot more computers from school (free donations - the school throws them out otherwise). Ive read about clusters but never found out how they were set up, and what kind of software was needed.
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04-12-2007, 09:31 PM
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G33K P0W3R!!!! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: HickTown, California (hesperia), and West Hollywood Posts: 2,059
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
yea, does anybody here know how to set up a cluster? ive been googling, but i got squat.
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04-12-2007, 09:36 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2006 Location: AB, Canada Posts: 723
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
Not to hijack but is anybody else getting errors when requesting new work from F@H 2 of my computers are getting messages:
The other one got its work a few days ago and is folding away.
Attempting to get work packet
Connecting to assignment server
Successful: assigned to <0.0.0.0>
Work unit has an invalid address.
Error attempt # to get work failed, and no other work to do
waiting before retry.
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04-12-2007, 09:45 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 456
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
I just started getting them today. Restart F@H, and if it doesnt go away, just wait a few hours and try again. Could be having server issues.
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04-12-2007, 09:49 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2006 Location: AB, Canada Posts: 723
| Re: Spare Computers Kicking Around
I figured its server issues.... | |
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