Posts by Prescott

41) Message boards : News : base R684 Megaprime / proven (Message 9030)
Posted 8 Sep 2023 by

Prescott

WOOO!

Go Chris!!!!

42) Message boards : News : base R684 Megaprime / proven (Message 9007)
Posted 26 Aug 2023 by

Prescott

WOOO!

43) Message boards : News : base R67 Megaprime (Message 8988)
Posted 2 Aug 2023 by

Prescott

Wooo! Go Doug!

44) Message boards : Number crunching : Best CPU vs Price for Primes! (Message 8967)
Posted 11 Jul 2023 by

Prescott

Thanks!

GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2698 v3 was my latest buy!

Good to know those stats are accurate!

45) Message boards : Number crunching : Best CPU vs Price for Primes! (Message 8963)
Posted 8 Jul 2023 by

Prescott

Thanks! I will keep that in mind for my next machine replacement.

Does having a large cache increase heat generation?

46) Message boards : Number crunching : Best CPU vs Price for Primes! (Message 8957)
Posted 4 Jul 2023 by

Prescott

Hello All!

What is the best "Bang for your Buck" in terms of CPU's for Prime crunchiness?

Is AVX-512 worth the extra heat considerations?

Or would it be better to go with less heat intensive options?

More cores vs more GHz?

I have questions! Please provide answers!

47) Message boards : News : base R622 Megaprime / proven (Message 8901)
Posted 26 May 2023 by

Prescott

Congratz IDEA!!!!!

48) Message boards : News : base S171 Megaprime (Message 8871)
Posted 14 May 2023 by

Prescott

Congratz!

We are on a roll with all of the Megaprimes recently!

49) Message boards : News : base R532 Megaprime / proven (Message 8799)
Posted 18 Apr 2023 by

Prescott

WOW!

Good Job!

50) Message boards : Number crunching : Prime Goal (Message 8793)
Posted 15 Apr 2023 by

Prescott

The mersenne forum is difficult to follow.

What is the goal after we start all of the bases?

51) Message boards : News : base R532 Megaprime (Message 8785)
Posted 10 Apr 2023 by

Prescott

Congrats!!!!!

52) Message boards : Number crunching : Request for addition to Server Status. (Message 8727)
Posted 8 Mar 2023 by

Prescott

Thank you for the link.

I will see what I can suggest there.

Out of curiosity, what is the resource lift to update the BOINC server software?

This would help me understand the requirements to implement such a change.

53) Message boards : Number crunching : Request for addition to Server Status. (Message 8724)
Posted 8 Mar 2023 by

Prescott

It looks like there might be a built in option, I do not have enough information to be sure. Is anything missing from below that says something along the lines of "Completed_Workunits_last24"?

Or maybe in the ##<database_file_states>##?

If it is not an option, let me know so I can make the request to the BOINC team.

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/WebRpc#server_status

<app>
<id>14</id>
<name>ATLAS</name>
<unsent>2197</unsent>
<in_progress>17487</in_progress>
<avg_runtime>4.3400</avg_runtime>
<min_runtime>0.0100</min_runtime>
<max_runtime>91.2800</max_runtime>
<users>509</users>
</app>

<database_file_states>
<results_ready_to_send>7265</results_ready_to_send>
<results_in_progress>83295</results_in_progress>
<workunits_waiting_for_validation>1</workunits_waiting_for_validation>
<workunits_waiting_for_assimilation>664</workunits_waiting_for_assimilation>
<workunits_waiting_for_deletion>4</workunits_waiting_for_deletion>
<results_waiting_for_deletion>10</results_waiting_for_deletion>
<transitioner_backlog_hours>0.0011111111111111</transitioner_backlog_hours>
<users_with_recent_credit>5411</users_with_recent_credit>
<users_with_credit>179980</users_with_credit>
<users_registered_in_past_24_hours>29</users_registered_in_past_24_hours>
<hosts_with_recent_credit>9866</hosts_with_recent_credit>
<hosts_with_credit>567855</hosts_with_credit>
<hosts_registered_in_past_24_hours>78</hosts_registered_in_past_24_hours>
<current_floating_point_speed>76753.772445474</current_floating_point_speed>

54) Message boards : Number crunching : Request for addition to Server Status. (Message 8720)
Posted 4 Mar 2023 by

Prescott

Would it be possible to add "Tasks Completed in last hour" or "Tasks Completed in last day" to the server status page?

I think it would be fun to know these statistics.

It could be added in the overall stats, in the "Tasks by Application" section, or both(!).

Let me know your thoughts and/or if I am barking up the wrong tree with my request.

55) Message boards : Number crunching : Trial Factoring (Message 6338)
Posted 25 Apr 2020 by

Prescott

Rebirther:

I just aborted a TF 72-73 Workunit that had been running for 13 hours.

If it runs longer than expected, does that mean there was an error?

Or

Does it mean I was on to something productive?

Please confirm Or I will need to cease processing Workunits on this device.

Best,

Prescott

56) Message boards : Number crunching : Distribution of Credits (Message 6120)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by

Prescott

Thank you for letting me know.

Best,

Prescott

57) Message boards : Number crunching : Distribution of Credits (Message 6117)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by

Prescott

Rebirther:

You could increase the credits per workunit per CPU job to match the Time Spent per GPU to make it a fair distribution.

I guess this would cause confusion for Actual Work Done. Since GPU's are much more powerful than a CPU.

Just a suggestion, I will continue to search for Primes.

Please let me know if I find anymore.

Best,

Prescott

58) Message boards : Number crunching : Trial Factoring (Message 6115)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by

Prescott

This is a wonderful effort.

Are you going to make it available to equipment installed without any modification to the config file?

59) Message boards : Number crunching : Distribution of Credits (Message 6113)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by

Prescott

Rebirther:

I am a CPU only cruncher of this project.

I was close to breaching the top 20.

Due to the addition of GPU project, I will never be represented fairly in my efforts.

Please correct this by modifying credits given for CPU efforts.

I know GPU's will always compute better than a CPU. But, we cannot ignore the efforts of CPU's in the pursuit of Primes.

My machines are busy recomputing Base 31. They take almost a week to complete these computations. Please consider modifying the credits to allow for Time Spent.

Best,

Prescott

60) Message boards : Cafe : Hello! (Message 4321)
Posted 21 Apr 2018 by

Prescott

rebirther:

Does the smaller runtime mean I am helping more? Or just completing more workunits?

If I contact Gary and get setup for sieving, can I put them here as workunits?

Best,

Prescott

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