[H] Ubuntu DC Appliance -- alternative approach to Linux crunching/folding

[tear]

PXE is, by nature, very different from an image like this.

Can you describe in more detail how you'd use a PXE image?

 

[tear]

Updated version of the appliance is available [9.1]. First post has been updated accordingly.

It's just a respin of version 9 with added BOINC (optimized for multisocket/dedicated boxes) -- http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1805578.

 

[DooKey]

Updated version of the appliance is available [9.1]. First post has been updated accordingly.

It's just a respin of version 9 with added BOINC (optimized for multisocket/dedicated boxes) -- http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1805578.

Very nice. Thanks for the BOINC addition.

P.S. You should come play some BOINC with the DC Commandos.

 

[Pitbully]

Just wanted to say thanks to tear and the gang for setting this up. I had it up and running on my new 4p system in less than 20 minutes today.

What is the easiest way to monitor cpu usage/temps with this OS? I'd like to be able to see my temps and CPU load easily if possible and I'm a linux newb here.

*edit*

I figured it out and downloaded system monitor, worked like a top!

 

[tear]

You're welcome!

P.S.
Avoid running System Monitor continuously -- there have been several reports of impaired
DC performance with active System Monitor...

 

[f1y]

+1
Fail @ DLB engage
you are failing when you hit load.

I gave it two new 850w PSUs, replaced all the heatsinks with new ones and checked the torque on them


My system still just does not like 4 processors. No OC, it's all stock.


Here's the video of it crashing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuIAu_xz0cc&

I don't know why it list 32 cores. It should be 4x12 for 48 cores. Maybe I have a bad core or something? Or can this applicance only see 32?

 

[Nathan_P]

Duff CPU and/or socket, as requested though. Post a new thread and we will assist a lot quicker, or look us up on irc

 

[Grandpa_01]

f1y in a terminal window run < fahdiag > and post it in a new thread in the main DC forum rather than here in the DC Guides sub forum. I am assuming you are using the DC Appliance since you posted in this thread the command should give the last 20 OS errors and the last 10 fah core errors which should help us diagnose the problem if they were captured.

 

[Deleted member 12106]

vbox setup?

 

[Biffa]

Does the appliance do GPU folding?

 

[tear]

It doesn't do GPU folding out of the box.

"People say" that, depending on hardware configuration, one may need specific GPU driver
and/or CUDA. Plus, I heard that some cores are compiled against Ubuntu 14.x (which disqualifies
current appliance).

If there is most compatible software combination, let me know and I'll consider bundling it with
the appliance.

 

[Gilthanis]

Does the card work fine in another box? Does a different card work in the problem box? I have had cases where a card was bad but would work in one machine but not another. However, I wasn't using the appliance when experiencing it...

 

[tear]

JTG,

It may be related to nouveau [native Linux driver for NVIDIA chips]. Unfortunately I don't have
such a card so I have no way of reproducing the issue locally. Still, we'll try to figure out
what is going on.

First, can you take a step back and confirm that the box fully boots with the card removed?

 

[tear]

Ok, I'll try to reproduce it locally.

 

[JTG]

T Y

 

[Patriot]

can anyone tell me ... if i do an aptget distribution update ... will it adversely affect or replace the multi-processor kernel in the 9.1 image?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=will+apt-get+upgrade+distro+change+my+kernel