Seti Farm

[newtoseti]

I am very new to seti, as of yet I have not even insalled seti on my pc. I have been lurking here for a couple of weeks and I am very interested in those that have multiple machines working for them. Is it easy to do, and if I am to do this, what is the best setup. Please let me know what setups you guys have, and where you put all of your machines. I have a fair sized apartment, but I need ideas on where to put my machines. I am also trying to decide if I want to join your team or join seti as an individual. Please give the pro's and con's of each choice.

Thanks

[Cy]

New,

Thanks for stopping by the forums. :)

Here is a link that gives good info on seting up your system.

OC Team instructions (http://www.ocsetiteam.com/Instr1.htm)

It can be fairly easy to setup one or more machines and there is a lot of help available in this forum!

I don't use SETIDriver but instead use another program called SETIQueue as my queing software. There are a few others that use it as well. Either program will work well for you but you will have to decide exactly how you would set up your machines. :)

I'm sure some of the others will drop in their advice and feel free to ask any other questions you have.

Cy

[SpeeDj]

Originally posted by newtoseti
I am very new to seti, as of yet I have not even insalled seti on my pc. I have been lurking here for a couple of weeks and I am very interested in those that have multiple machines working for them. Is it easy to do, and if I am to do this, what is the best setup. Please let me know what setups you guys have, and where you put all of your machines. I have a fair sized apartment, but I need ideas on where to put my machines. I am also trying to decide if I want to join your team or join seti as an individual. Please give the pro's and con's of each choice.

Thanks Firstly welcome, glad see some new faces secondly no matter whether you join a team or not you always have your individual stats. Personally I enjoy being a part of a team, I like the competition of it all. It's nice watching your ranking change throughout people you are in contact with as opposed to faceless names on a list. As for multiple machines if you are looking at building from scratch alot have had good luck with Epox boards and ECS boards, paired up with AMD XP's and DDR Ram, cheap vid cards if all they are going to be doing is crunching is fine, some PCI Scrap you can pick up at a computer surplus store. Nic cards are essential if you are going to network them which is the easiest way to go, you can pick up starter network kits which come with two nic's and cabling and a switch of some sort 4 port or 5 port. As for what to put the computers in if they are dedicated crunchers you really don't need big cases something on the small side of a mid tower would be fine, when I build crunchers all they have are hard drives. Keeps down on the cost to run them too the less peripherals they have. If you need more help please feel free to drop a line and we will be happy to help with whatever we can.

J - Welcome once again to the forums!

We also have the instructions in the forums now, they can be found here;

http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62194

[Basher]

Originally posted by newtoseti
I am very new to seti, as of yet I have not even insalled seti on my pc. I have been lurking here for a couple of weeks and I am very interested in those that have multiple machines working for them. Is it easy to do, and if I am to do this, what is the best setup. Please let me know what setups you guys have, and where you put all of your machines. I have a fair sized apartment, but I need ideas on where to put my machines. I am also trying to decide if I want to join your team or join seti as an individual. Please give the pro's and con's of each choice.

Thanks

Team = compitition, weekly stats the two major points in my opinion


Welcome to the forums :) and team if you join.

[Sir-Epix]

Farms? I use one dedicated server to hold all my client folders, and I run seti over the network. If you would like to find out more just pm me. I would say only do this if it is the right situation. Like only having one internet connection etc. Makes it easier than switch modems etc.

[rogerdugans]

Welcome to the Forums!
And to the Team (should you decide to join!)

The instructions for running and installing Seti have been duly posted, so I'll skip that.

Cy mentioned SetiQ- which I also use, part time. I don't use SetiSpy though: I'm using MultiSetiMonitor: it allows me to monitor multiple Windows clients in my little Farm from 1 pc.

As far as being a Farmer: I do it mainly for two reasons: I think the Seti@Home project is a worthwhile undertaking and I am a hardware geek:D I enjoy building pcs, getting them running well and then I get bored! So it gives me something to do with 'em....

You don't need to start off big, either: most members of the team only have one pc, or a couple at most (a couple is a "garden" and there are some POTENT Gardens around here!)

I crunched for a year or two(?) before I ended up here, and I think its a LOT more fun on the team: everyone helps each other get the most out of their hardware, and we still have all our little Rivalries to motivate........

And, as I often do, I have gone on way too long....

[Wookie8662]

Welcome to the forums!

We would be glad to have you join the team!

I also crunched for over a year before I joined up here.

First 6 months, was with a Celeron 300A, then went to a Celeron 600.

Once I added a 2nd PC running SETI, it beacme a hobby. Some will call it an addiction, if so, then I'm addicted. :)

You shouldnt have any problems, as the smartest and friendliest people hang out in these forums.

Have any questions, just ask. You will get an answer.

[deez]

welcome to the forum...the team is what kept me interested. Its friendly competition.

For linking up an apartment If you have cable or dsl a router with built-in hub is nice. SMC makes some nice ones Barricade Series...Broadband router with built-in10/100 hub, firewall, and print server

Also if you have several PC's in one area all you need in each one is mobo, CPU, RAM, NIC, vid. card, and hard drive. Also it helps to have a mouse nearby to upload or reboot the system.

[FRANK]

Welcome!

I've got three machines scattered about the house that are used by the rest of the family, the rest under my desk. I've found out that you can easily fit four machines in the kneehole of your desk, but you'll have to learn to fold up your legs to reach the keyboard.

I think that I'm going to have to get creative with the next step, maybe disguise one as a carton of milk in the refrigerator, one as a box of cereal and put it in the cupboard......, nah the kids would eat it.

Seriously, if you get bitten by the bug, you'll find places to put the machines. Three computer cases take up about as much space as one golf bag.

The above posts covered most of the networking solutions. You'll be surprised at your own resourcefulness.

Good Luck!