FormulaBOINC

[StefanR5R]

Looks like SETI.USA will enable [H]ard|OCP to get more points out of this sprint than Gridcoin.

 

[StefanR5R]

@Jondi, I recall that you run Linux on (some if not all of) your hosts. My impression is that Universe@home's Linux application is more efficient than the Windows application by quite a bit. I am thinking so because of the task durations which I am seeing so far, and because of U@h's own history and applications pages.

 

[TennesseeTony]

I actually quit running Universe because Linux was so much more efficient at it. A couple hours per task quicker if I remember correctly.

 

[ocukguest]

you aint wrong tony, Linux just destroys windows on universe. I still need to convert a few more cores over to Linux for abit of extra power. not sure I can be bothered/need to though with the way jondi is going like a crazed mad man...

this time though we have another members whos put more systems to the cause, no they arnt spoofed cpu cores either
https://universeathome.pl/universe/hosts_user.php?userid=12705

 

[Markfw]

Running 5 1/2 hours each on 18 threads on my 2680v2

 

[TennesseeTony]

@ocukguest Ba certainly has a few cores to play with.

 

[Jondi]

@Jondi, I recall that you run Linux on (some if not all of) your hosts. My impression is that Universe@home's Linux application is more efficient than the Windows application by quite a bit. I am thinking so because of the task durations which I am seeing so far, and because of U@h's own history and applications pages.

Linux does seem to be quicker than windows on Universe.
I try to run all my boinc projects in linux on my big machines because of windows screwed up node assignment. Don't know if you've noticed but If the machine is dual proc and over 64 threads then work is assigned unevenly over the CPUs and sometimes all given to one CPU and none to the other.

 

[Ken g6]

jondi is going like a crazed mad man

@Jondi, please remember to hang on to enough money to feed the dog.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Another side effect of DC: Now, I have to use my rusty knowledge to do Linux (again). I think I need some WD and clean rug to fight the rust.

 

[Ken g6]

Another side effect of DC: Now, I have to use my rusty knowledge to do Linux (again). I think I need some WD and clean rug to fight the rust.

I don't know of any Western Digital giveaway, but here's a Toshiba drive giveaway.

 

[crashtech]

I think he means WD-40? I mean, it goes with the fighting rust part.

 

[ao_ika_red]

Thanks for clearing thing up, Crash. As for SSD giveaway, unfortunately I don't live in suggested area thus I'm not eligible to enter the contest.

 

[Orange Kid]

A bit late, but here are day ones stats.
We are hanging around in fourth. I think there may be some procrastinators out there but that's OK. We got nothing but time.
Will this be another flurry of a finish? Time will tell. There has already been some place shuffling in the top three.


Formula Boinc..............Top Five
1

Overclock.net .......................882
2

OcUK - Overclockers UK .....782
3

TeAm AnandTech ................766
4

Crunching@EVGA ...............499
5

Sicituradastra. ......................438

Universe@Home......................Marathon
1 OcUK - Overclockers UK ............25 ...............55,758,416
2 Overclock.net ..............................18 ...............26,584,000
3 Sicituradastra. .............................15 ...............18,750,766
4 meisterkuehler.de Team .............12 ................14,919,566
5 Crunching@EVGA ......................10 ................14,667,833
6 TeAm AnandTech .........................8 ..................9,869,916
7 Ars Technica .................................6 ...................8,016,700
8 Portugal@Home ...........................4 ...................7,173,633
9 Team Norway ................................2 ..................6,766,166
10 XtremeSystems ...........................1 ..................5,150,366

Universe@Home.............Sprint..................Day One
1 OcUK - Overclockers UK ..............25 ..............5,204,533
2 Overclock.net ................................18 ..............2,201,900
3 Crunching@EVGA ........................15 ..............1,959,433
4 TeAm AnandTech .........................12 ..............1,191,466
5 meisterkuehler.de Team ...............10 ..................658,900
6 Sicituradastra. .................................8 ..................130,166
7 Ars Technica ...................................6 ....................40,666
8 U.S.Air Force ..................................4 .....................34,700
9 SwissTeam.NET .............................2 .....................20,733
10 BOINC.SK .....................................1 .....................19,333

 

[GLeeM]

Thanks for the stats, O K

 

[Ken g6]

I'm getting "Project has no tasks available".

 

[Orange Kid]

Same here, but after many "light taps" on the update button I got enough to keep running

 

[StefanR5R]

I'm getting "Project has no tasks available".

I already saw the number of "tasks ready to send" steadily declining since Thursday... but them already now being down to 0 surprises me.

I wonder if there was somebody noticing how the project server did not add new tasks, and scripted a download of the entire rest of the tasks. Last time I looked (I believe 10 hours ago, but I'm not sure) there were still 100,000+ tasks ready to send. I estimate that fetching them all in less than half a day would be technically possible, even from a single end point.

Same here, but after many "light taps" on the update button I got enough to keep running

Either the server adds new tasks at a very very low rate, or the tasks you still can get are merely ones which others aborted. E.g. those infamous tasks which get stuck without progress while still using a thread fully.

 

[Jondi]

@StefanR5R

@Jondi, please remember to hang on to enough money to feed the dog.

Don't worry about him, he gets spoilt rotten, eats better than me!

 

[StefanR5R]

Tasks are being generated again.

 

[Orange Kid]

Hanging in at number 4.
We'll see what tomorrow brings as the tasks seem to be flowing again.

Formula Boinc....................Top Five
1

Overclock.net ......................882
2

OcUK - Overclockers UK ....784
3

TeAm AnandTech ...............763
4

Crunching@EVGA ..............503
5

Sicituradastra. .....................438

Universe@Home..................Marathon
1 OcUK - Overclockers UK ............25 ............59,534,850
2 Overclock.net ..............................18 ............28,783,333
3 Sicituradastra. .............................15 ............18,891,533
4 Crunching@EVGA ......................12 ............16,548,500
5 meisterkuehler.de Team .............10 .............15,614,566
6 TeAm AnandTech ........................8 .............10,759,116
7 Ars Technica ................................6 ...............8,062,733
8 Portugal@Home ..........................4 ...............7,175,633
9 Team Norway ..............................2 ................6,780,833
10 XtremeSystems .........................1 ................5,150,366

Universe@Home.............Sprint..................Day One
1 OcUK - Overclockers UK ..............25 ..............5,204,533
2 Overclock.net ................................18 ..............2,201,900
3 Crunching@EVGA ........................15 ..............1,959,433
4 TeAm AnandTech .........................12 ..............1,191,466
5 meisterkuehler.de Team ...............10 ..................658,900
6 Sicituradastra. .................................8 ..................130,166
7 Ars Technica ...................................6 ....................40,666
8 U.S.Air Force ..................................4 .....................34,700
9 SwissTeam.NET .............................2 .....................20,733
10 BOINC.SK .....................................1 .....................19,333

Universe@Home.................Sprint.............Day Two
1 OcUK - Overclockers UK ............25 ..............8,980,966
2 Overclock.net ..............................18 ..............4,401,233
3 Crunching@EVGA ......................15 ...............3,840,100
4 TeAm AnandTech .......................12 ...............2,080,666
5 meisterkuehler.de Team ..............10 ..............1,353,900
6 Sicituradastra. ...............................8 ..................270,266
7 Ars Technica .................................6 ...................86,700
8 U.S.Air Force .................................4 ..................46,700
9 BOINC.SK ......................................2 ..................40,000
10 US NAVY .....................................1 ...................29,366

 

[Kiska]

Unfortunately, my room got up to 40C(Which meant I got nearly no sleep), so whatever is in my queue will be my last batch I am doing

 

[ao_ika_red]

Unfortunately, my room got up to 40C(Which meant I got nearly no sleep), so whatever is in my queue will be my last batch I am doing

My sympathy, mate. Mine only got up to 35C before God decided to pour sufficient rain to cool the earth down. I hope He would do the same for you.

*Universe-Linux note: I've tried Universe on Ubuntu past 24 hours and decide to revert into Windows again because it consistently need more than 6 hrs to finish single task.

*AMD Radeon Crimson driver note: After trying 17.11.1 driver more than a week, I decide to back with 17.9.1 because it doubled time needed to finish any GPU tasks.

 

[StefanR5R]

We are hanging around in fourth. I think there may be some procrastinators out there but that's OK. We got nothing but time.

Wait, do you mean to say the race has started already?

 

[crashtech]

Stefan, the "one man wrecking crew!"

 

[iwajabitw]

Just gonna throw this out there. I was just snooping around the Formula-Boinc site looking for projects to focus on in the last few weeks of the Marathons and noticed something odd. There is an Atlas@home and LHC@home marathon. It is my understanding based on Atlas's website everything has been moved to LHC. So why is Formula-Boinc maintaining two different projects?
http://formula-boinc.org/projets.py?lang=&prj=193&year=2017
As you will notice in league 2 the TeAm is not even listed, yet I know I as well as others here have ran Atlas tasks/ LHC this year, in Penathalon and the LHC Sprint. So why have our tasks not been placed in the ranks of league 2. I hope those from other Forums that peak in here, take a look at this also. Are we getting robbed of some possible marathon points? Formula-Boinc, unless I'm off base here, should merge Atlas and LHC points together under LHC to make the playing field fair, as there is no way now to add ppd to Atlas. Food for thought.