TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[librin.so.1]

Great work, @[Ion]!

 

[Norton]

I've found a friend who is willing to host "two, or possibly three" of my regular mid-tower systems for the summer here at school. So I suspect he'll get some of the dual-Xeon Quad + HT systems. Either 32 or possibly 48t like that for ~18 or ~27k PPD. I have two others who I suspect might be willing. Ideally that way I can offer up the two Opty systems, since they're my fastest ones.

Finding folks to host a system here and there really makes things easier on the power bill

I have power in a lot of places that I can use w/o issues.... problem is I don't have an internet connection at any of them

 

[stinger608]

I have power in a lot of places that I can use w/o issues.... problem is I don't have an internet connection at any of them

Use Team Viewer Bill!

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

 

[[Ion]]

Finding folks to host a system here and there really makes things easier on the power bill

I have power in a lot of places that I can use w/o issues.... problem is I don't have an internet connection at any of them

Yeah that is a shame. Fortunately, the rooms here at school all have a 20A breaker and Ethernet. I figure if I supply a wireless router, a power strip, some ethernet cables and power cords, all he ought to have to do is plug in six cords or whatever and push the power buttons. And the Dell T5500s are nearly silent and about 225W each, so it ought to not heat things up too badly.

Is it possible for you to set a long buffer (~8 days) and then tether through your phone once a week?

Use Team Viewer Bill!

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

How does he TeamViewer if there's no internet connection at the remote site?

 

[librin.so.1]

Is it possible for you to set a long buffer (~8 days) and then tether through your phone once a week?

It definitely is. And I actually did that a few times when I had connection problems...

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Seems as though my WCG tag is gone from my signature? It was there yesterday.

 

[[Ion]]

Seems as though my WCG tag is gone from my signature? It was there yesterday.

Yes this is because Free-DC exploded and they're done through that.

 

[twilyth]

Well, Free-DC seems to have collapsed:

Why do we use FreeDC anyway? Norton has been doing his own pie charts lately and isn't all of the other information available on boincstats?

 

[mstenholm]

Why do we use FreeDC anyway? Norton has been doing his own pie charts lately and isn't all of the other information available on boincstats?

Well they are, just with a small delay (12 hours) but better than nothing http://boincstats.com/en/stats/15/user/list/12/0/22175

 

[Norton]

Is it possible for you to set a long buffer (~8 days) and then tether through your phone once a week?

Somewhat possible.... I have a weak signal/low connection speed on my phone at the preferred sites and data charges would get pretty expensive REAL quick. I do have my Xeon L5639 system on tethering atm and uploading work is pretty slow...

Why do we use FreeDC anyway? Norton has been doing his own pie charts lately and isn't all of the other information available on boincstats?

I could switch to boincstats w/o too much of an issue for Pie posts, Milestones would be a little troublesome from that site but not impossible.

What do think about trying to switch from FreeDC to boincstats Team?
*note- will start a thread to discuss if there is a bunch of positive interest

 

[twilyth]

I thought boincstats updated immediately after the 12:00AM GMT update - you're saying that they don't update until much later in the day? I'm confused.

 

[twilyth]

I could switch to boincstats w/o too much of an issue for Pie posts, Milestones would be a little troublesome from that site but not impossible.

What do think about trying to switch from FreeDC to boincstats Team?
*note- will start a thread to discuss if there is a bunch of positive interest

FreeDC seems to be the best choice as long as they're operational but that seems to be a iffy proposition these days. IIRC it's basically a one man operation and they don't seem to have the funding to keep things running.

Maybe we could ask boincstats to add support for milestones.

It just seems that hardware problems are a recurring issue with FreeDC.

 

[mstenholm]

I thought boincstats updated immediately after the 12:00AM GMT update - you're saying that they don't update until much later in the day? I'm confused.

Sorry for the confusion. Bonicstats updates the daily points 12 hour before FreeDC. When FreeDC updates Boinicstats only partly updates (you can see the update for each member but it doesn't update the team list)

 

[t_ski]

Use Team Viewer Bill!

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

I'm not sure you thought that one all the way through, buddy

Is it possible for you to set a long buffer (~8 days) and then tether through your phone once a week?

It definitely is. And I actually did that a few times when I had connection problems...

A possible down-side to that is tasks not meeting their deadline, especially if they can't be uploaded in time.

Maybe if there was a way to dump the work to a removable drive and transfer it back and forth between the connected system and the non-connected one.

 

[Norton]

I thought boincstats updated immediately after the 12:00AM GMT update - you're saying that they don't update until much later in the day? I'm confused.

Boincstats uses different end points for their daily stats- calculation for the day is made at the midday update and the final update gets put towards tomorrow's daily stat. They do update everyone's totals at around the same time as FreeDC.

 

[twilyth]

Sorry for the confusion. Bonicstats updates the daily points 12 hour before FreeDC. When FreeDC updates Boinicstats only partly updates (you can see the update for each member but it doesn't update the team list)

Boincstats uses different end points for their daily stats- calculation for the day is made at the midday update and the final update gets put towards tomorrow's daily stat. They do update everyone's totals at around the same time as FreeDC.

Thanks guys.

 

[bubbleawsome]

I think that switching to bioncstats isn't a bad idea, but I just like free-DC for some reason. I'd hate to see it go.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Ouch. I sent my newly ordered Rosewill Photon 750w PSU to my old address in Texas. Already delivered.
I can't even buy it again for the same price, it was on sale for $20 off.

Simple but expensive mistake there.

 

[Norton]

I think that switching to bioncstats isn't a bad idea, but I just like free-DC for some reason. I'd hate to see it go.

FreeDC does a great job but it seems as if there's been more equipment issues lately than there were in the past. We'll take a closer look at other options and see what we can do.

Note- It would be awesome if someone here was able to setup our own stats- the WCG database should be able to be accessed but unfortunately I know nothing of how it works

*UPDATE- FreeDC is back up!
http://www.free-dc.org/forum/showthread.php?48470-Stats-site-and-hardware

 

[twilyth]

@bubbleawsome - call the carrier and they'll send someone out to retrieve it. Well, normally that's what they do for a misdelivery but I can't see the harm in asking if you explain what happened. I'm sure you're not the first person to do something like that.

@Norton - I looked into this at one time. The problem is the fact that you have to keep you're own historical data. IOW the XML stats just give you totals at the end of the run. Then you have to keep track of the old data to update the daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

However, for someone who can program, all they'd really need to do is pull the records with our team code. And really, the only purpose there would be to keep track of milestones.

 

[bubbleawsome]

@bubbleawsome - call the carrier and they'll send someone out to retrieve it. Well, normally that's what they do for a misdelivery but I can't see the harm in asking if you explain what happened. I'm sure you're not the first person to do something like that.

I did ask UPS and they said they needed an intercept request from the shipper. Newegg tried but couldn't get to it in time. (1 business day)

There is a chance the person who gets it will call newegg and tell them the sales number on the package, which would be linked to my support ticket, but they'll probably either be confused or glad for the new PSU.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I did ask UPS and they said they needed an intercept request from the shipper. Newegg tried but couldn't get to it in time. (1 business day)

There is a chance the person who gets it will call newegg and tell them the sales number on the package, which would be linked to my support ticket, but they'll probably either be confused or glad for the new PSU.

thankyou for the house warming gift, it was a lovely surprise and i was wondering who to thank.........lovin Texas btw. (joke to cheer you up)

 

[twilyth]

Most people aren't going to know what to do with a raw psu. What it really boils down to is if they'll make the effort to tell anyone about it. Here's hoping that they do and they get someone who is at least competent.

 

[bubbleawsome]

After some stuff, newegg may be able to issue me a lost package claim! Erase everything bad I said about them from your mind! Maybe I didn't give them enough time.

 

[[Ion]]

Tonight's haul was another dual-E5620 Dell T5500. I'll run it for about three week and then loan it out alongside the other one to the friend I was talking about earlier