I need to know exactly how much space will ever be needed to run this project. Well, I need, at least a really good estimate. Here is what I have going. I run BOINC at home without any difficultly. At work, there are some Mac OSX.3 machines that I can run it on. I don't want to actually install it on the machines, so I started experimenting with installing everything on a flash (USB) drive and running it from there. So far, I have had success with getting only SETI@Home to run. When I tried Einstein@Home, I was informed that there was not enough disk space. Same problem for ClimatePrediction.net. So I need to know how much space will be enough for SETI@Home so I can get a flash drive large enough to hold Einstein, SETI, and ClimatePrediction.net.

By the way, if I can make this work, this kinda adds a whole new level to distributed networks. You can sit down at any Mac, plug in, and go. You don't need to install. No one else deals with the software running but you. You can get work done every time you go to the lab or every day at work. You leave nothing behind for IT people to worry about but a little network traffic. Not bad, eh?

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Brian

Hi Brian,

on my machine: Seti uses some 2MB, Einstein 20MB. Also check if you have enough room for VM swap files.

Just my 2 cents :)

Cheers
ALX