How well would this work? and is it practical?

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited August 2003 in Folding@Home
Okay, as some of you may know, I don't fold, because I UD (United Devices). Recently I have had a very keen desire to join the team, but I don't want to cease my UD efforts. How practical would it be, and could it work, if I had both clients working at the same time, sharing CPU power. What would be the best way to do this? If they were both set to IDLE state priorities, as they are by default, would they share the CPU equally, fairly and without out problems?

Thoughts, opinions, tricks?

SPINNER

Comments

  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    You can set F@H to use only 50% of a cpu.

    As for just leaving them both at idle, I'm not sure what would happen :)
  • MancabusMancabus Charlottesville, VA
    edited August 2003
    Sounds like you will have a fight on your hands. Can you throttle UD like you can throttle F@H?

    Side note: Spinner I think your sig is fuxoring up the speed of this page. There is a big delay between the time I enter text and when it actually appears in the reply field. Scrolling, clicking, and avatars also seem to drag a little. Anyone else have this problem.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    Mancabus said
    Sounds like you will have a fight on your hands. Can you throttle UD like you can throttle F@H?

    No, you can't unfortunately.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Seems to me that if you set Folding to take up 50% of the CPU power and increased the Core priority, it would use 50% and UD would use whatever else is left when system was idle.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    GHoosdum said
    Seems to me that if you set Folding to take up 50% of the CPU power and increased the Core priority, it would use 50% and UD would use whatever else is left when system was idle.


    makes sense to me...test it out...run folding for a few hours by itself...run UD by itself for a few hours...then run both...see if they botrh take twice as long to do the process
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I've done it ...don't worry about throttling it should share 50/50 automatically ...leave it set to 100%.

    oh yeah ...and welcome to the team I knew you'd succumb!
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    Okay, I'll give it a go.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    csimon: What was your priority for FAH? I run a normal client at low and a genome at idle for backup. They make a difference. IS FAH at idle or low so Spinner knows what to set it at.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited August 2003
    i've done this too, just set it idle
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    Well, UD seems power hungry so a simple idle/idle wouldn't cut it, as F@H wasn't getting any juice. However, I've got it working pretty nicely now, with the below settings for F@H. UD and Folding now run at about 50/50 CPU usage, which is good enough for me.

    Should have my first WU, probably by the end of tomorrow.

    Cheers Guys.
  • BDRBDR
    edited August 2003
    To tweak -you'll want to disable the Logo and set preference to F@H.
    Run version 3.25 and use the "flag" commands to run it at it's best.
    Harder on your cpu, but worthwhile in Folding points, imo.
  • tychotycho Santa Barbara, California!
    edited August 2003
    alright spinner! i'm glad to see that you have joined our ranks :thumbsup:
  • JonseyJonsey Microsoft Corporation
    edited August 2003
    There are people out there that don't use console only? Ew.
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Glad to see you finally come around Spinner! :fold:
  • BDRBDR
    edited August 2003
    Jonsey said
    There are people out there that don't use console only? Ew.


    Lol.. I use the graphical version and do very well on it. ;)
  • t1rhinot1rhino Toronto
    edited August 2003
    I only use the console. Much easier to hide it. ;)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Uses less of my precious RAM.
  • tychotycho Santa Barbara, California!
    edited August 2003
    Jonsey said
    There are people out there that don't use console only? Ew.

    i still only use the graphical client, mostly because i never bothered to learn how to install the console... i mean i never actually look at the pretty graphics and it still folds just plenty for me
  • BDRBDR
    edited August 2003
    I don't think it matters what version you're running. If you're running F@H and you're a member of team 93, you're da best!
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I DO look at the pretty graphics; and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy like!:D


    Actually, the instance running on the IC7 with the virtual CPU (dual channel) is console - as service, actually. How do I ensure it's set to maximum molecule draw rate? It's running via the service manager FireDaeman.

    Yes, the other instance running on the IC7 is the graphical version!
  • BDRBDR
    edited August 2003
    w00t! 2000!
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    BDR said
    To tweak -you'll want to disable the Logo and set preference to F@H.
    Run version 3.25 and use the "flag" commands to run it at it's best.
    Harder on your cpu, but worthwhile in Folding points, imo.

    Roger that.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    The console doesnt install, it just runs. Run easier. And can be stealthed when needed.
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