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Message 69430 - Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 4:57:54 UTC

I have 5 machines running BOINC 3 of them are running on clable/modem so they are always connected but the other 2 are not, so when I Download about 15 WU I have about 2 weeks to finish them, and my PC is a 450Mhz connected via dial-up, so I loose about 3 WU´s per week.
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Message 69445 - Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 5:40:08 UTC - in response to Message 69430.  

> I have 5 machines running BOINC 3 of them are running on clable/modem so they
> are always connected but the other 2 are not, so when I Download about 15 WU I
> have about 2 weeks to finish them, and my PC is a 450Mhz connected via
> dial-up, so I loose about 3 WU´s per week.
>
>
When you download client it will run a benchmark test this helps in calculating what your CPU could handle. 450Mhz probably takes 12hrs to complete a wu. So 14 days worth would be 28 wu. I set my cache for 7 days worth so I know I can complete the units and recieve credit.
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Message 69685 - Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 16:39:23 UTC - in response to Message 69430.  

> I have 5 machines running BOINC 3 of them are running on clable/modem so they
> are always connected but the other 2 are not, so when I Download about 15 WU I
> have about 2 weeks to finish them, and my PC is a 450Mhz connected via
> dial-up, so I loose about 3 WU´s per week.
>
Well.....you could either connect more often, lower your cache size, or just crunch for a program that doesn't have such a hard limit on the return of units. Have you checked out Climate Prediction or Einstein to see if they have a hard limit on the return of units. Just because Seti does, does not mean the others do too!
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Message 69893 - Posted: 16 Jan 2005, 1:00:37 UTC - in response to Message 69685.  

> Well.....you could either connect more often, lower your cache size, or just
> crunch for a program that doesn't have such a hard limit on the return of
> units. Have you checked out Climate Prediction or Einstein to see if they have
> a hard limit on the return of units. Just because Seti does, does not mean the
> others do too!
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Climate Prediction has an 11 month limit, but gets the results back in trickles, I think when it updates. The one unit I've got is showing 605 hours to completion, with 46+ hours completed. It might be a good option for a computer that's only connected to the net sporadically.

I don't think Einstein is accepting new participants at the moment.

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