#1 Boinc Farms
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:43 pm
Is anyone running a Headless/Diskless system?
also
Is anyone running 2 mobo's (or more) from 1 PSU?
also
Is anyone running 2 mobo's (or more) from 1 PSU?
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#2
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:52 am
I was going to experiment with BOINCpe over the break but didn't get a chance to in the end. Am still planning a play, it's just a case of getting some time.
#3
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:34 pm
Just had another though 
Can you run more than 1 mobo+quad cpu from 1 psu ?
or is the power requirement for each mobo+quad too much?
Can you run more than 1 mobo+quad cpu from 1 psu ?
or is the power requirement for each mobo+quad too much?
#4
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:47 pm
Think you might struggle as PSU's only have one motherboard connector unless you plan to splice a second one into the existing wiring.
I suppose in theory with a powerful enough PSU you could do it but suspect it would run very hot and probably not last very long.
I suppose in theory with a powerful enough PSU you could do it but suspect it would run very hot and probably not last very long.
#5
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:56 pm
Ok, my 'early' weekend allowed me to (finally) play with the BOINCpe distribution; and I have to say that it was very easy and painless. I didn't worry about the persistancy this time around - so no footering with network drives - merely added a couple of project xml files to the correct area and hit the 'go' button. The first attempt failed, but the second time I used my own cd burning software, instead of the included package, and it worked a dream.I was going to experiment with BOINCpe over the break but didn't get a chance to in the end. Am still planning a play, it's just a case of getting some time.
If anyone else wants to try this, the package is on this webpage; and I would recommend the how to and advanced information pages. For those of you already running a farm with BOINCview this may be worth looking into as an easy way to save a few pounds on those 'dumb' machines.
MacDitch
PS. One bizarre thing is that Chess960 (of all projects!) had a greater disk space requirement than my 1Gb of RAM allowed. VTU and RieselSieve both ran well - though VTU awarded 2.48cr/h!
#6
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:31 pm
Question on BoincPE??
Do you have to build the image on the PC you are going to use it on or is it a generic image??
Do you have to build the image on the PC you are going to use it on or is it a generic image??
#7
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:15 am
It's a generic image. I built the CD for my laptop on this desktop.
There is also a bit of blurb (somewhere) on the BoincPE website saying that you can use the same disc (multiple images of) for many machines due to the way the persistency is coded.
There is also a bit of blurb (somewhere) on the BoincPE website saying that you can use the same disc (multiple images of) for many machines due to the way the persistency is coded.