Just Joined Team 93....& A Quick Question

DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
edited July 2003 in Folding@Home
OK, so all the talk about folding on the door prize thread led me to investigate it a bit further. I knew all about distributed computing before, but did not know much about this project. But I thought, what the heck, I will probably have Alzheimers some day, and I have seen family members deteriorate with different forms of it, so I downloaded the screensaver client.

Why the screensaver? Well, as I lamented in the door prize thread , my home system is even slower than the Stanford benchmarking unit - we have an old Celeron 400 Mhz, with only 96 MB RAM in it. :rolleyes:

But at my office, I have a P4 - 1.5 Ghz with 256 MB RAM that sits idle for about 14 hours a day. :) I don't want it folding during the day while I am working on it, but why not put it to use overnight, right? :D

Now, my question is this...in the control panel there is an option for CPU Usage percentage. Is this a percentage of the overall CPU power, or a percentage of just what my system can dedicate to F@H? The reason I ask is that I run an FTP server out of the same box, which does not use a lot of CPU power obviously, but needs to have priority if there are any transfers that need to be done.

I have set my usage percentage to about 75% (see attached pic), but would I be safe just to leave it at 100%? Will I see any problems with the FTP server?

Cheers,

Dexter...

Comments

  • seversphereseversphere
    edited July 2003
    100% completely safe :)
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Setting CPU usage won't do anything for folding@home, as it uses idle CPU cycles anyway. It will NOT take any cycles from any other program. It uses only what nothing else is using. It won't interfere with anything you're doing. :)
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited July 2003
    My work laptop folds 24/7 at 100%. I see no problems with performance when compiling programs or anything else. Folding@Home only uses spare cpu cycles, it doesn't steal them from other apps. :)

    BTW, Welcome to the team!!!
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    I am not going to bother repeating what the other guys have said but I will say

    Welcome to the team :thumbsup:
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Oh, yeah! How rude of me! :banghead:

    Welcome to the team! :D:thumbsup:
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited July 2003
    Thanks guys, I upped the percentage to give it all it wants.

    And, if I win the door prize and can replace my home system, I will add it's horsepower to the fold (pun intended.)

    Hey, and when will I see my username on their site?

    Dexter...
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    You'll see it as soon as you turn in your first Work Unit and they update the stats.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited July 2003
    Thanks Trekky :D

    Dexter...
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Welcome to the team, Dexter! :)
  • tychotycho Santa Barbara, California!
    edited July 2003
    Welcome to the team dexter! Glad to have you folding with us!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2003
    Glad to have you aboard!

    You can monitor your progress through Stanford's F@H site, but you might like this one a little more. Click on the "Go to Team Short-Media Members Stats Page" to see our team ranked by individual Folder.

    I look forward to seeing your name in the "New Members In Past 7 Days" when your first WU is turned in.

    Just to echo the others, I run F@H full tilt 24/7 while simultaneously doing many other tasks. It has never given me a problem on my OC'd computer - it seems to do a terrific job of automatically backing off when you are doing other stuff on your computer.

    Thanks for joining this worthwhile project! :thumbsup:


    Prof
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2003
    Welcome to the team. Seems like everyone else here has it covered.

    If you have any more Qs dont be afaid to ask.:)
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Dexter said
    Thanks Trekky :D

    Dexter...

    No problem, buddy. You're part of the team now! :)
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Hey, great to see you finally come into DC Dexter, welcome to the crazy wack fold yo and grab a seat and kick up your feet!:fold:

    BTW - Like I mention to most people, stay away from mmonnin's cheese dip, he was getting better at it for a time but then I'm not sure what quite happened.:scratch:
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Cheese dip? Ooohhh...

    /me 's stomach grumbles...
    Don't mention that again, please... :buck:
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Welcome to the team Dexter!


    In the picture, are you the hairy one?
  • RiddickRiddick Malaysia Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    GJ dood, welcome welcome :D
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited July 2003
    DanG said
    Welcome to the team Dexter!


    In the picture, are you the hairy one?

    LOL @ DAN :cheers:

    Depends if you were referring to the dog, the cat or the human ;)

    Dexter...
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