Still alive

[chris]

Hello AMD users

i just want to say: i still alive but 1000 things to do on internet... so little time any more.
Wish everyone merry Christmas and survive 21.12.
keep crunching

Greetz
Chris

P.S.: someone helps me with PG Winter Solstice Challenge next week ? two Radeons at start from me

[Dirk Broer]

Hi Chris,

You're doing very well at MilkyWay!
I hope I can free some resources for PrimeGrid next week
but I'm spread mighty thin, doing 32 projects at the same time.
And a merry christmas to you too

[chris]

Hi Chris,

You're doing very well at MilkyWay!
I hope I can free some resources for PrimeGrid next week
but I'm spread mighty thin, doing 32 projects at the same time.
And a merry christmas to you too

Hi Dirk,

yes Milky Way is running very fine at my Radeon HD but i reduce it during the week to 14 h per day only run full time at night and during weekend... power bill Some weeks i switch to WCG conquer cancer units... brings much credits.. but they also block a CPU core... same as Poem@home units..
wcg.jpg
My other Radeon runs PG... its a HD 5770...so no chance for double precisions units..
My CPU cores are running only WCG and Constellation at the moment ( be number 1 in Belgium )
I think about building a new machine next year... think i need a Octacore .... i7 are very very fast... but... i'm a AMD freak... once AMD.. ever AMD

@vaughan:
nice to hear from you... i saw the AMD users stats... and asked me.. where is the crazy Australians RAC ? But it comes back i see.
Liuqyn is on holiday also ????

[Dirk Broer]

Hi Chris,

Why not try for a G34 mobo build?
Alternate.be has a ASUS KGPE-D16/IKVM, that will allow for two hexadeca-cores.
Alternate.de also has the more affordable Supermicro H8SGL-F, that will allow one such a beast.
An AMD Opteron 6262HE only burns 85 Watt, and has an amazing 16 cores...

BTW; That's an impressive row of rubies for WCG!

[chris]

Hi Chris,

Why not try for a G34 mobo build?
Alternate.be has a ASUS KGPE-D16/IKVM, that will allow for two hexadeca-cores.
Alternate.de also has the more affordable Supermicro H8SGL-F, that will allow one such a beast.
An AMD Opteron 6262HE only burns 85 Watt, and has an amazing 16 cores...

BTW; That's an impressive row of rubies for WCG!

hhmmm, jooo Dirk i also think about this server stuff but i recognize my knowledge is to low for this stuff. Also this machine don't become a Boinc only afterburner... i want to use it also. I build my own PC's since many years.... that's no problem... but server, unix, linux etc... bbrrrr.... please not.
Maybe my second machine... this is Boinc only... first i set it up with Linux and it runs... but i was not able to connect it with Teamviewer... i need a remote control for this because it don't have anything like screen, keyboard.... only a wlan antenna

Maybe if you have any time you can make an how-to article about this stuff ?

[Dirk Broer]

Well, a How-to...

Servers basically only differ from PCs in having other tasks. I've seen servers that to me were plain desktops, but I've also seen servers that were equipped with redundant power supplies, expensive RAID-arrays,
horridly expensive ECC Registered RAM and exotic OS-es. And I stand corrected: You can run a 16- or 32-core server on out-of-the box Win7 (and I read Win8 will support up to 64 cores), as long as the actual number of CPUs is not greater than two. Most Linux distros can help you here though, with a cheap and adequate solution. Windows 200x server is a bit harder to obtain for a nice price.

Basics:
* You need a network hub, but preferable a network switch to connect all PCs to your access point. A gigabit hub or switch is inexpensive nowadays, even when new.
* CAT-5 cables to connect your PCs to the hub or switch.
* Make all your PCs part of the same Workgroup. MicroSoft has the standard name 'Workgroup' for PCs in a workgroup.

Nice -to-haves:
Search for a 2nd hand 2, 4 or 8-port KVM switch (Keyboard-Video-Mouse), so you need but one monitor, mouse and keyboard. For two PCs a 2 port is enough.
Does not need to cost much via ebay or marktplaats (looks like mine). Make sure they sell it with cables, they are very expensive new.
Problem: new rigs come with USB - DVI connections, while the KVM switches in the 2nd hand department are mainly PS/2 - d-Sub (VGA).

[NeoGen]

I think about building a new machine next year... think i need a Octacore .... i7 are very very fast... but... i'm a AMD freak... once AMD.. ever AMD

Welcome back chris! You have been busy there in milkyway, PG and WCG. You're getting your money's worth out of the Radeon HDs.
I have the exact same thought as you about the new machine and AMD. I just wish AMD would come out with a new chipset that had PCIe 3.0, and maybe a new HyperTransport (4?).

[AMDave]

Liuqyn is on holiday also ????

Last post 12-28-2011.
MIA in the stats since July 2012.
We were expecting to see him again this Winter, but no signs yet.

[Dirk Broer]

Last post 12-28-2011. MIA in the stats since July 2012. We were expecting to see him again this Winter, but no signs yet.

Better update the stats: Liuqyn scored 1,764 credits yesterday in MindModeling@Home Beta, according to FreeDC
According to BOINCSTats he's also been active last month in RNA World and WuProp.
Maybe he's been building a new rig too, or paying off the power company for the efforts of last year.

[Nflight]

Yes I have been wondering about this lack of Liugyn, and welcome back Chris, nice to see you found our Facebook Page! Hey Dirk you have not joined up on our Facebook page yet?