Benchmark WU
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Can D@H provide a "D@H Benchmark WU" (similar to the "old SETI Classic") to be run through the BOINC Client? I don't speak for the project, being just a volunteer myself, but as I understand it, the current work units are all the same length (it was mentioned in one of the earlier threads, but I can't find which one) so in effect any WU you run can be compared to another. Someone correct me if I'm mistaken. ____________ 
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Yoda is correct. All the current test WUs are the same and even have the same seed starting from WU id 19724, so they can be compared very easily. This is done to make the problem of solving our architectural differences results a little bit easier (but still hard enough unfortunately).
Can D@H provide a "D@H Benchmark WU" (similar to the "old SETI Classic") to be run through the BOINC Client? ____________ D@H the greatest project in the world... a while from now! |
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Can D@H provide a "D@H Benchmark WU" (similar to the "old SETI Classic") to be run through the BOINC Client? I'd like a Benchmark WU, to run at will, like the one available during SETI Classic. Is it possible to copy one of the new D@H WUs to be run at anytime? Thank you. |
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Andre Kerstens
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I don't know if the boinc client would be able to do such a thing.
I'd like a Benchmark WU, to run at will, like the one available during SETI Classic. ____________ D@H the greatest project in the world... a while from now! |
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I don't know if the boinc client would be able to do such a thing. Thanks for the response. I'll look into the possibility. |
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I don't know if the boinc client would be able to do such a thing. and I dont think it is possible to launch the app without boinc. |
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The folks who build the windows and linux optimized applications for SETI@home have figured out a way. They even built it into a tool that you run on your host. They have a short, medium, and long WU. You pick which one you want to run (longer = more accurate analysis), it then runs the WU with MMX, then SSE, then SSE2, etc. After it is complete, it recommends the best optimized app for your particular machine, and then will even install it with a click of a button. Very slick!
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Actually that tool is not from the people at seti@home its done by chicken who runs lunatics.at and other assorted people who do it and create the optimizations in their own spare time ;-)
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Actually that tool is not from the people at seti@home its done by chicken who runs lunatics.at and other assorted people who do it and create the optimizations in their own spare time ;-) Yes. That is what I said. ____________ Dublin, CA Team SETI.USA |
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The folks who build the windows and linux optimized applications for SETI@home have figured out a way. They even built it into a tool that you run on your host. They have a short, medium, and long WU. You pick which one you want to run (longer = more accurate analysis), it then runs the WU with MMX, then SSE, then SSE2, etc. After it is complete, it recommends the best optimized app for your particular machine, and then will even install it with a click of a button. Very slick! @zombie67 Thanks for the response. I'll talk to the "optimizers" just to find out how (if it is possible) to just run a fixed length WU whenever I want. I only want to be able to find the best (economical too) hardware and RAM combinations to run the quickest WUs for the projects I am interested. I do not run optimized clients and only want to run 100% BOINC software. You were running 6.06 before.......did you choose LTS and decide not to move up to 6.10? |
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To have a benchmark unit. Compare different option heres my suggestion. No need to do that at the moment as all WU are the same length. Just attach all the computers to Docking@Home and let them crunch a work unit or two or ten or...! That's more useful to the project too (why waste the CPU power). ____________
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To have a benchmark unit. Compare different option heres my suggestion. The same length WUs won't last indefinitely. |
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I basically did what you have suggested. I copied the files I needed from another computer and am running that as a benchmark, with the network disconnected. It's on a slow CPU, so is only 60% done now, but it appears so far like it will complete normally and five me the completion time I am looking for. When I know I have one of the "same length" WUs, I'll just keep copies of it to use for my benchmark when I want to build a new configuration or test a different configuration. |
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and cant get the Intel compiler to install properly. Installing the Intel compiler on Ubuntu 6.10 is really a mess. I wanted to install it to build my own SETI@home opt. app from Simon's sources (just for fun). After changing the installation scripts it actually worked but then I was stuck at the installation of the IPP math librariers and until now I haven't found a way to install those. The main problem is the use of dash instead of bash in Ubuntu 6.10. You could either change the default interpreter (which I did not, because I feared it would mess up other things) or you could make some changes to the installation scripts included in the Intel compiler packages. Another thing needed is the use of 'alien' for the installation of the rpm packages, which can also be changed in the scripts. If you follow this thread in the Ubuntu support forum concerning installation of the Intel Fortran compiler, you should be able to install also the Intel C++ compiler by making similar changes to the scripts. At least it worked for me and I am neither a Linux guru nor an expert in compilers. Hope this helps. If you find any solution to the installation problems of the IPP package, I would be grateful if you would share you findings. I also started a thread in the Ubuntu forum (without any response so far, however). The versions I tried to install are: Intel C++ compiler for linux v. 9.1.045 Intel IPP libraries v. 5.1.1.005 (These are freely availabe after a registration, so these are not the most current ones.) In the meantime I also downloaded the IPP beta version 5.2.011, but until now I did not have the time to try another install. Regards Alex ____________ |
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As i said once i get all my valuable data off this disk ill start risking really messing with the system lol. Ive learnt the hard way to back-up first before i play :D
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