No Prime Left Behind Math Project

[CarlosEduardo]

Just a quick note. crus.dynip.telepac.pt server (ports 100 and 300) has been improved since last rally. The server can now handle more than 500 communications per second, compared to the previous 10. This change improved the dead times between clients/server communication.
Another server was set at:

address = llrnet.no-ip.info
port = 500

Thanks AMDUsers (AMDave) for all your CPU support.

Carlos Eduardo

[AMDave]

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A handy point to note for the interested LLR'er

If you already have LLR services installed, in order to avoid modifying other LLR installs or overwriting any existing LLR services that are installed you can install to another directory (eg NPLB) and change
serviceName = "LLRnet"
to
serviceName = "LLRnet-NPLB"
in the llr-clientconfig.txt and then follow the instructions above.

If you want to install more than one service on a multi-core machine for example you would not want subsequent service names to be the same as previously installed services so I'd suggest adding a number to the end of the service name in keeping with the folder name that that service refers to:
folder = D:\dc_projects\LLR\npbl1\
servicename = "LLRnet-NPLB1"


[EDIT]
Testing this out revealed something:

Note that the service name in the config file does not apply to the name in the Windows Service list.
Yeuch! Windows uses the original hard coded service name.
So, after you install the first service you need to go into the Windows services list.
Select properties on the service labeled "LLRnet, k*2^n-1 / k*2^n+1 networked prime tester" and edit the service name to suit yourself.
otherwise the next service will still install as the same service name "LLRnet, k*2^n-1 / k*2^n+1 networked prime tester" and you end up with only one service.
Then install the next service and edit the service name in the services list again.

Once you have that done you can connect remotely to the drive they are on from your own workstation, make changes to the config (ie change ports or servers or cahce size etc) and then use the windows service interface to connect to the service details on that remote machine on your LAN and restart the service to pick up the new config.

A small pain for much gain.
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This way you may have many LLR projects installed and multiple services for each.

[CarlosEduardo]

There will be a 24-hour NPLB LLRnet rally (server = "llrnet.no-ip.info" port = 5000) starting today at 7 PM GMT. The server has Top 5000 candidates.

[CarlosEduardo]

List of servers:

NPLB LLRnet server #1:
maintained by Carlos Eduardo
server = "crus.dynip.telepac.pt"
port = 100
current range: 401 <= k <= 1001, n = ~ 299.7k (upto 305k ~60,600 pairs)

NPLB LLRnet server #2:
maintained by Carlos Eduardo
server = "crus.dynip.telepac.pt"
port = 300
current range: 401 <= k <= 1001, n = ~ 373.3k (upto 392.0k)

NPLB LLRnet server #3:
maintained by IronBits
server = "llrnet.no-ip.info" NEW: llrnet.ironbits.net from 10.03.2008 6:00-7:00 GMT
port = 500
current range: 401 <= k <= 1001, n = ~ 314.1k (upto 315k ~10,000 pairs; 305k-310k ~57,000 pairs)

NPLB LLRnet server #4:
maintained by IronBits
server = "llrnet.no-ip.info" NEW: llrnet.ironbits.net from 10.03.2008 6:00-7:00 GMT
port = 5000
current range: 301 <= k <= 399, n = ~ 370.4k

NPLB LLRnet server #5:
maintained by Adam Sutton (AES)
server = "nplb.rieselprime.org"
port = 300
current range: 401 <= k <= 1001, n = ~ 395.6k

Updated list here.

[AMDave]

and that - as they say - is a wrap

I set some achievable goals and just over 1 week later - nailed them
Revised my ability in distributed LLR client managemement.
Approx 10 thousand pairs tested (I have to wait for the next few stats updates - I will settle up any difference later)
Passed 1% of total LLR pairs done on table 3a
Got the team onto table 3b
Got the team past last place on table 3b
Took a place in 2 project pushes.
I grabbed a prime (unconfirmed - but there is always next time to be sure)
That got me onto the NPLB current primes table.
Hopefully that will get me on table 1. Time will tell.

After 12 months of non-stop-BOINC I can fairly say that I am still a prime seeker.
3 years on Riesel and 1 year on PSP never netted me a single prime.
So all-in-all I am now a happy-prime-seeker. (fingers crossed on the confirm)

Karsten and Gary have a thriving project with increasing support over there at mersenne.
Thanks to Carlos and IronBits for providing their Server ports and saving me the hassle of setting up my own.
(I know there were others available but they were not in the "push" so they miss out on the complement)
Given the increased interest and support, it is very likely that I will be back.

Q: Will another AMD Users member beat me to it ?

And now (with respect to the Monty Python cast) for something completely different...

[CarlosEduardo]

We would like to run a 24-hour LLRnet server rally on port 300 from May 3rd at 7 PM GMT to May 4th at 7 PM GMT.

This would be noon Sat.-noon Sun. PDT, 2 PM-2PM CDT, or 3 PM-3 PM EDT in the U.S.

Here is the server info.:
server = "nplb.rieselprime.org"
port = 300

General info. on setting up a connection to an LLRnet server can be found here. The above info. should be put in the llr-clientconfig.txt file.

Everyone bring all of your firepower to the rally as we see how fast we can bring drive 1 up to n=425K!

Stats: http://nplb.rieselprime.org/

[spikey_richie]

I tried to jump on board, but when I click on the .EXE nothing happens!

[Brucifer]

yup, same here, only running linux llrnet. Nada.

[CarlosEduardo]

I tried to jump on board, but when I click on the .EXE nothing happens!

General info. on setting up a connection to an LLRnet server can be found here. Don't forget to update the server line to:
server = "nplb.rieselprime.org"
port = 300

[Brucifer]

okay, it's rocking and rolling now. Do we have an amd users team? This works fine on old tired systems.