Optimized BOINC client

Looks like Crunch3r released an optimized Boinc client.
I don't know if there is much of an improvement, I just dl'ed and installed it.

http://calbe.dw70.de/boinc_red.html

If this has already been posted, sorry.

Installed it on my main rig.. though, SETI doesnt work anymore.. so Im still on Cosmology@home.. God I miss SETI.. *cries*

Anyway.. not sure if its gonna make any difference.. err.. at all, but I love optimizations Thanks for the post!

Know what really ****s me off? (forgive the language.. itll get starred out anyway.. I just felt the need to type swear words )

10/12/2007 4:54:30 a.m.|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user
10/12/2007 4:54:30 a.m.|SETI@home|Reporting 15 tasks
10/12/2007 4:54:46 a.m.|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: server returned nothing (no headers, no data)
10/12/2007 4:54:46 a.m.|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
10/12/2007 4:54:46 a.m.|SETI@home|Reason: scheduler request failed
10/12/2007 4:54:51 a.m.||Time passed...reporting result(s) now.
10/12/2007 4:54:51 a.m.|Cosmology@Home|Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks
10/12/2007 4:54:51 a.m.|Cosmology@Home|Reporting 4 tasks
10/12/2007 4:54:56 a.m.|Cosmology@Home|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 601]

I mean what a kick in the balls. I can report fine with ANY project EXCEPT SETI. GRRRRRR!

I have boinc, now how do I fold for the team?

Hey Drinkyoghurt,

You have already joined the team, so any work will go to your account and to the teams total too.

Welcome to the team

but I have finished 2 now, and it says error no more work :S

Drinkyoghurt said:

but I have finished 2 now, and it says error no more work :S

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http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_status.html

Top of right column shows # of units ready to be sent out (data is 20 min old, which seems to mean updated every 20 min).

To avoid the no work issue I recommend setting your profile to cache at least 3 days of work (personally I use a 10 day cache)

and how do I do that?

Edit: i only use boinc when my pc is idling or I am letting a BT overnight

open BOINC, projects tab, click the SETI project, left column select your preferences, computing preferences, Edit preferences, maintain enough work for an additional = X days.

ok done, thanks

set cpu power from 60% to 90%, so that I can get more crunching done

Drinkyoghurt said:

ok done, thanks

set cpu power from 60% to 90%, so that I can get more crunching done

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Out of interest, why are you setting the CPU power? are you running something else in the background? Setting the cpu power doesnt mean it will use X% of the CPU all the time, it means it will use it for X_seconds then will have a break for 100-X_seconds, where X is the cpu power in %.

Overheating issue or?

Either way, to the team!

Hows this lookin donuts? Yea or nay?

Well so far it's running no crashes

I haven't done a comparison between the different versions, but the CPU benchmarks in Seti were a few points higher.(both the floating point MIPS (Whetstone), and the integer (Dhrystone)) and it seems to upload the results better. ie, when I open the Boinc Manager I don't have a bunch waiting to be uploaded like I did before.

Like anything else, YMMV, do not mix with alcohol, do not operate heavy machinery, don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way etc.


Upon a little looking around, "Today i've released a new boinc client that features cpu affinity and a delay return resuls immediately." This is from Crunch3r 's Boinc message boards. link to thread

I also re-installed the old client on my Opty rig and it doesn't look like the times are any different.