Farm status
CPU only
Running Einstein work.
Intel GPUs
Idle
Nvidia GPUs
Off
Raspberry Pis
Running Einstein and the occasional Rosetta work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
Radio BOINC Network
They do regular podcasts about BOINC and the various projects. To quote their website "BOINC Radio is a participatory podcast hosted on the BOINC Network Discord server". You can join in and ask questions if you want, or just listen to the podcasts at your leisure. Their website is https://www.boinc.network/
Idling along
The weather is warming up. Its almost Spring in Sydney so the farm is idle during the day and processing overnight when its cooler.
As mentioned in my last post the workload is transitioning from all Rosetta to a mix of Rosetta and other projects.
30 August 2020
23 August 2020
23rd of August
Farm status
CPU only
All running Rosetta work.
Intel GPUs
All running Rosetta work.
Nvidia GPUs
Off.
Raspberry Pis
Three running Rosetta. Ten running Einstein work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
Other news
Replacement KVM's and cables arrived. I swapped out one of the old KVM's and I can now see! It still has an issue with the colors on one of the machines but if I wiggle the VGA plug on the DVI to VGA adapter it works, so I think that might be the adapter. It looks like I have to get another couple of DVI to VGA adapters.
Rosetta doesn't seem to be doing much Covid-19 related work these days. They have moved onto other research judging from the names of the work units. In the next week or two I will resume the other projects that I paused. I will still run Rosetta work but it will get less resource share.
Oh and there is an Asteroid designated 2018VP1 that could have a potential impact with the earth on the 2nd of November. Its only 2 meters in diameter and currently rated as a 0.41% chance according to NASA. That might change as they make more observations.
CPU only
All running Rosetta work.
Intel GPUs
All running Rosetta work.
Nvidia GPUs
Off.
Raspberry Pis
Three running Rosetta. Ten running Einstein work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
Other news
Replacement KVM's and cables arrived. I swapped out one of the old KVM's and I can now see! It still has an issue with the colors on one of the machines but if I wiggle the VGA plug on the DVI to VGA adapter it works, so I think that might be the adapter. It looks like I have to get another couple of DVI to VGA adapters.
Rosetta doesn't seem to be doing much Covid-19 related work these days. They have moved onto other research judging from the names of the work units. In the next week or two I will resume the other projects that I paused. I will still run Rosetta work but it will get less resource share.
Oh and there is an Asteroid designated 2018VP1 that could have a potential impact with the earth on the 2nd of November. Its only 2 meters in diameter and currently rated as a 0.41% chance according to NASA. That might change as they make more observations.
16 August 2020
16th of August
Farm status
CPU only
Running Rosetta work.
Intel GPU
Idle. Did some Asteroids and Rosetta.
Nvidia GPU
Off.
Raspberry Pis
Three running Rosetta. Ten running Einstein work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
I can't see
I went to install some software from a USB key on the Intel GPU machines but the 8 port KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch has stopped working. When powered on it doesn't display its usual 00 and I can't select any of the computers. I have ordered a couple of replacements (working on the assumption the other one will also stop working soon). They are both around 5 years old.
I had an idea there might be a problem last week as the colors started going off on two of the machines when I select them. Thinking it might have been the cables I ordered a set of 4 cables earlier in the week, but given I can't select any computer now means its the KVM that is faulty rather than the cables.
Fortunately I can ssh into them and do the install using the command line. Its a lot simpler to drag and drop files using a GUI than it is using the command line.
Idling
The weather has been warm during the day so I have had to set the Intel GPU machines to idle during the day and have them working overnight. It is still winter in Sydney.
I am trying to keep the two Ryzen 3900X machines running 24/7 as they do as much work as the six Intel GPU machines.
I managed to get to position 50 in the Rosetta Top Participants list before NBN came around on Thursday last week. Since then my results per day have fallen dramatically.
CPU only
Running Rosetta work.
Intel GPU
Idle. Did some Asteroids and Rosetta.
Nvidia GPU
Off.
Raspberry Pis
Three running Rosetta. Ten running Einstein work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
I can't see
I went to install some software from a USB key on the Intel GPU machines but the 8 port KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch has stopped working. When powered on it doesn't display its usual 00 and I can't select any of the computers. I have ordered a couple of replacements (working on the assumption the other one will also stop working soon). They are both around 5 years old.
I had an idea there might be a problem last week as the colors started going off on two of the machines when I select them. Thinking it might have been the cables I ordered a set of 4 cables earlier in the week, but given I can't select any computer now means its the KVM that is faulty rather than the cables.
Fortunately I can ssh into them and do the install using the command line. Its a lot simpler to drag and drop files using a GUI than it is using the command line.
Idling
The weather has been warm during the day so I have had to set the Intel GPU machines to idle during the day and have them working overnight. It is still winter in Sydney.
I am trying to keep the two Ryzen 3900X machines running 24/7 as they do as much work as the six Intel GPU machines.
I managed to get to position 50 in the Rosetta Top Participants list before NBN came around on Thursday last week. Since then my results per day have fallen dramatically.
08 August 2020
8th of August
Farm status
CPU only
Running Rosetta work
Intel GPUs
Five running Rosetta work
Nvidia GPUs
Off
Raspberry Pis
Three running Rosetta work. Ten running Einstein work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
Software updates
As you can tell the farm is still concentrating on Rosetta work. Its currently up to 55th place in the Top Participants list. Despite the "boot hole" patching (twice) and a Debian point release during the week the recent average credit is still climbing.
More interruptions
The NBN installers are back late next week to finish off the fibre connection so that will mean a break in production while they do their bit. Hopefully that will be the last interruption for a while.
Internet connectivity has been good since switching from DSL to the NBN network. At the moment they have fibre to the building and then they're using the existing copper phone line for the last hop. The highest speed plan they offer using this method is a NBN50 plan (50Mbit downloads).
CPU only
Running Rosetta work
Intel GPUs
Five running Rosetta work
Nvidia GPUs
Off
Raspberry Pis
Three running Rosetta work. Ten running Einstein work.
For news on the Raspberry Pis see Marks Rpi Cluster
Software updates
As you can tell the farm is still concentrating on Rosetta work. Its currently up to 55th place in the Top Participants list. Despite the "boot hole" patching (twice) and a Debian point release during the week the recent average credit is still climbing.
More interruptions
The NBN installers are back late next week to finish off the fibre connection so that will mean a break in production while they do their bit. Hopefully that will be the last interruption for a while.
Internet connectivity has been good since switching from DSL to the NBN network. At the moment they have fibre to the building and then they're using the existing copper phone line for the last hop. The highest speed plan they offer using this method is a NBN50 plan (50Mbit downloads).
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