BOINC Pentathlon 2019

[Egg-Roll]

With 5 more in validation. Btw would virtual cores work? Because could buy several single core vps from ovh for a month

 

[GOTSpectrum]

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

What?

EPYC don't support quad socket configs afaik. 

[Windows7ge]

Just now, Egg-Roll said:

With 5 more in validation. Btw would virtual cores work? Because could buy several single core vps from ovh for a month

I'm running BONIC on a 32 core Ubuntu Server VM in Hyper-V so I would believe yes.

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, Ben Quigley said:

EPYC don't support quad socket configs afaik. 

AFAIK Opteron did. Why did EPYC discontinue it?

[GOTSpectrum]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

AFAIK Opteron did. Why did EPYC discontinue it?

Its due to the way IF works I believe...

 

or maybe the size of the sockets and number of mem channels... I'm not 100% sure.

 

@leadeater any input?

[lazyfortress]

15 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

Get outta here with your fancy unlocked multiplier. We only deal in locked multipliers here.

 

Lol 4.4GHz base.  Found that screenshot online.

 

It's an Intel Jaketown Everest made for high frequency stock trading.  I traded for one, but it's arriving in a few weeks unfortunately.  I'll be sure to post here once I get it tested out.

 

Currently, I'm running a server with dual E5430s running at 2.66GHz for this BOINC pentathlon.  

 

EDIT:  How are y'all getting those badges?

[GOTSpectrum]

2 minutes ago, lazyfortress said:

 

Lol 4.4GHz base.  Found that screenshot online.

 

It's an Intel Jaketown Everest made for high frequency stock trading.  I traded for one, but it's arriving in a few weeks unfortunately.  I'll be sure to post here once I get it tested out.

 

Currently, I'm running a server with dual E5430s running at 2.66GHz for this BOINC pentathlon.  

 

EDIT:  How are y'all getting those badges?

You ask a mod once you have the points required, you can track total points here by searching your BOINC name.

 

https://boincstats.com/en/stats/search/

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, Ben Quigley said:

Its due to the way IF works I believe...

 

or maybe the size of the sockets and number of mem channels... I'm not 100% sure.

 

@leadeater any input?

He went to bed I don't expect him back for a while. In the meantime 3 days of crunching and I've achieved the Ruby Badge :3. 128 threads is crazy. I might build a server to just run BOINC with as many threads as I can fit in it. Will BOINC run on Opteron/EPYC?

[lazyfortress]

3 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

You ask a mod once you have the points required, you can track total points here by searching your BOINC name.

 

https://boincstats.com/en/stats/search/

I can't find my BOINC name there.  I thought for sure it was "lazyfortress."  However, when I go to the YOYO@home webpage (https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/home.php), my credit shows up to be 915.81. 

[porina]

4 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Will BOINC run on Opteron/EPYC?

BOINC is just the management level for the projects and should run on any x86 (and even other architectures). If there is x86 work, it should be fine on server gear too. 

[Windows7ge]

6 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

You ask a mod once you have the points required, you can track total points here by searching your BOINC name.

 

https://boincstats.com/en/stats/search/

My username doesn't show up either on that site 

[Beowulff83]

4 minutes ago, lazyfortress said:

I can't find my BOINC name there.  I thought for sure it was "lazyfortress."  However, when I go to the YOYO@home webpage (https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/home.php), my credit shows up to be 915.81. 

 

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

My username doesn't show up either on that site 

did you register and create an account?  I had to create an account with them to utilize BAM.  maybe that is why you are not listed.

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, porina said:

BOINC is just the management level for the projects and should run on any x86 (and even other architectures). If there is x86 work, it should be fine on server gear too. 

I was curious. I've always wanted to play with an AMD quad socket board and that's be a great excuse to own one. Apparently I can get a 16 core Opteron for $18 . Crazy.

[GOTSpectrum]

4 more low power intel thread online.

[porina]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

My username doesn't show up either on that site 

If you're new to boinc it may take some time before they get the stats together.

 

1 minute ago, Beowulff83 said:

did you register and create an account?  I had to create an account with them to utilize BAM.  maybe that is why you are not listed.

I never created an account with them and it works as well as boinc related stuff can.

[Windows7ge]

Just now, Beowulff83 said:

 

did you register and create an account?  I had to create an account with them to utilize BAM.  maybe that is why you are not listed.

It does appear I have an account because it lets me login but it has no information. It doesn't show my project, or my team, or anything point related.

[GOTSpectrum]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

It does appear I have an account because it lets me login but it has no information. It doesn't show my project, or my team, or anything point related.

You need to sign up for projects on BAM

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, porina said:

If you're new to boinc it may take some time before they get the stats together.

I'm not super new I had toyed with BOINC years in the past but in terms of consistent work completion I'm basically new.

[porina]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

I was curious. I've always wanted to play with an AMD quad socket board and that's be a great excuse to own one. Apparently I can get a 16 core Opteron for $18 . Crazy.

I would caution with older gear, the CPUs might not be anywhere near as fast as more modern ones. On Intel side I don't run anything older than Sandy Bridge for example, and if I even use that depends on the project as Haswell perked up the FPU considerably. I don't have much AMD stuff for now, but I probably wouldn't run anything older than Ryzen as long as I have to pay for the electricity myself.

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, Ben Quigley said:

You need to sign up for projects on BAM

So like My BAM! Menu > Sign-up for projects > World Community Grid ?

[GOTSpectrum]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

So like My BAM! Menu > Sign-up for projects > World Community Grid ?

yes, click the sightglass icon and it should link the accounts. 

[Beowulff83]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

I would caution with older gear, the CPUs might not be anywhere near as fast as more modern ones. On Intel side I don't run anything older than Sandy Bridge for example, and if I even use that depends on the project as Haswell perked up the FPU considerably. I don't have much AMD stuff for now, but I probably wouldn't run anything older than Ryzen as long as I have to pay for the electricity myself.

says this after i bring 6 old budget android devices on line 

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, porina said:

I would caution with older gear, the CPUs might not be anywhere near as fast as more modern ones. On Intel side I don't run anything older than Sandy Bridge for example, and if I even use that depends on the project as Haswell perked up the FPU considerably. I don't have much AMD stuff for now, but I probably wouldn't run anything older than Ryzen as long as I have to pay for the electricity myself.

Part of me wants to purely for the fun of playing with a quad socket board completely covered in cores and other gear. Other parts of me want to put that to good use like for BOINC.

 

I'd toy with the newer EPYC but if it can't go over 2 SKU it kind of removes some of the fun for me. I might look into it though.

[Windows7ge]

5 minutes ago, Ben Quigley said:

yes, click the sightglass icon and it should link the accounts. 

It added it but...

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User ID doesn't exist in World Community Grid or doesn't have any credit.

Is this just a waiting game while it synchronizes or...

[porina]

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Part of me wants to purely for the fun of playing with a quad socket board completely covered in cores and other gear. Other parts of me want to put that to good use like for BOINC.

 

I'd toy with the newer EPYC but if it can't go over 2 SKU it kind of removes some of the fun for me. I might look into it though.

I can understand that, but the point of distributed computing is that you don't need silly number of cores in one box, you can have those cores in as many boxes as you like. It doesn't matter.

 

Now you're making me wonder, how much do over quad Intel servers go for? And how old do you have to go before they're affordable?