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[[Ion]]

Linux question: How easy is it to move a Linux install from one HDD to another?

I don't think I'll ever have 3 dedicated boxes for DC like I've had since May. 2 of those systems need to move on to update other systems. (X2-4400 and PII-805(that's much slower than it should be - doesn't make sense, other than it was my kids "do whatever" system))

Easy--just use Clonezilla: http://clonezilla.org/

 

[xvi]

Linux question: How easy is it to move a Linux install from one HDD to another?

I don't think I'll ever have 3 dedicated boxes for DC like I've had since May. 2 of those systems need to move on to update other systems. (X2-4400 and PII-805(that's much slower than it should be - doesn't make sense, other than it was my kids "do whatever" system))

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
if = In File (iirc)
of = Out File (iirc)
In Linux, everything is a file.
There's some extra syntax you'll want, so I'd check this.

 

[Norton]

Just checked my 4P with the kw meter... 560w at full load or approximately 40 ppd/watt

 

[[Ion]]

Just checked my 4P with the kw meter... 560w at full load or approximately 40 ppd/watt

Nice!
That's right about on par with what the OEM Sandy i5 systems do

EDIT:

The Twins:

Left (Moscow): Xeon X5670 (2.93GHz, 6c/12t, Turbo&HT), 4GB ECC RAM, 320GB HDD, nV 9500GT, Win2008R2 Enterprise
Right (St_Petersburg): Xeon W3503 (2.4GHz, 2c/2t, no Turbo or HT), 4GB ECC RAM, 80GB HDD, nV 8500GT, Win2008R2 Enterprise
Both, as can easily be seen, are HP Z400 workstations

Pretty nice setups....not too big, nearly silent, decent power consumption. Needless to say, St_Petersburg is going to need a new CPU....the W3503 is way, way slower than the X5670. But I just don't have the $100 to spare right now, so it'll have to do as-is.

 

[Norton]

Going to add my Gigabyte X58A-OC/Xeon L5639 (6c/12t) combo to my FS thread in a few days- send me a PM if interested

 

[Tallencor]

Just a bit of PPRR (Points per result returned) on my Wcg stats page.
Ugm=600.76 ppr
Mcm=648.86 ppr
Tcep=1118.93 ppr
Fa@h=444.27 ppr
Beta testing=315.91 ppr

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Just a bit of PPRR (Points per result returned) on my Wcg stats page.
Ugm=600.76 ppr
Mcm=648.86 ppr
Tcep=1118.93 ppr
Fa@h=444.27 ppr
Beta testing=315.91 ppr

Okay, where's that at?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

New Project!
Outsmart Ebola Together

Edit: Didn't see that this had already been announced: New project - OET - Outsmart Ebola Together

 

[Tallencor]

Okay, where's that at?

On the my contribution page wcg. Stats by project. Where it displays your badges. Just divide your results returned into your total project points generated. Good way to decide on whether to keep running a certain project. (I.e. Fa@h in my case) before a challenge hits. Interested to see what oet does.

Edit: I guess it would probably make sense to divide it by time as well.
Any one here good at math? 29.9 minutes avg for 1 point in ugm. I think. Based on 136,683 minutes. 94x24+22x60+3

 

[manofthem]

New Project!
Outsmart Ebola Together

Alright awesome, let the new projects roll

 

[[Ion]]

I wonder what this could be.....

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Dual socket G34.

 

[Norton]

Extra large industrial cheese slicer?

 

[[Ion]]

You guys are no fun

Booting Ubuntu on it now

Board seems to work with a 4pin and an 8pin (what my Antec 650W has) instead of 2x8pin.....we'll see if it still works under load

Once again, I don't have proper fan mounting, so cable ties it is

 

[xvi]

I wonder what this could be.....

Broken, obviously. I'll hold it for you though.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

I wonder what this could be.....

Space heater.

 

[[Ion]]

Space heater.

It's only a pair of 120W CPUs....scarcely more than Bucharest. Not bad at all. We'll see how it crunches

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Don't you have that one stick of RAM in backwards?

 

[[Ion]]

Don't you have that one stick of RAM in backwards?

No....the other seven are all double-sided but that one isn't

Seems to work fine...although I'm confused about why the CPU speed reports 1.4GHz. lscpu says the same thing. Gotta figure that one out, I guess.

 

[Nordic]

I oddly like those simple heatsinks. Seems you named it budapest, which reminds me of the grand budapest hotel. Great movie.

 

[[Ion]]

CPU speed issue seems to be fixed....went into the BIOS and disabled everything that looked related to power saving

Power is up from ~30W/CPU to 115W/CPU, but it's doing 2.6GHz now and the BOINC benchmarks basically doubled.

The heatsinks are kinda irritating to work with, but they do a solid enough job. The ones in the Westmere system I think just don't have enough surface area (they're 1U coolers), at least based on how hot the fins are. But these are alright.

And as for the name, I name all of mine after places in Europe.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Seems to work fine...although I'm confused about why the CPU speed reports 1.4GHz. lscpu says the same thing. Gotta figure that one out, I guess.

2 words.....AMD-P and Turion PowerControl!....well, 3 words actually.

What did you actually pay for the Mobo and CPU's/Coolers?

 

[manofthem]

Congrats [Ion] on another beast setup! I was thinking that you really need some more ppd machinas, and it appears you read my mind

 

[[Ion]]

Congrats [Ion] on another beast setup! I was thinking that you really need some more ppd machinas, and it appears you read my mind

Right....~190 threads just isn't enough
Now I'm comfortably over 200 though...IIRC about 220 across everything

2 words.....AMD-P and Turion PowerControl!....well, 3 words actually.

What did you actually pay for the Mobo and CPU's/Coolers?

Yeah, I went into the BIOS and disabled everything that looked like it might relate to energy saving...helped quite a bit.
$300 shipped for the motherboard, CPUs, and heatsinks. Antec PSU was purchased a couple years ago for $10; RAM was $11/stick IIRC. 80GB VelociRaptor was $8.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

New cruncher inbound. Loading Ubuntu now.