running multiple clents?

BudBud Chesterfield, Va
edited December 2003 in Folding@Home
I was curious can you run folding@home in multiple clients like have 2-3 clients running on the same computer?

Comments

  • mondimondi Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    yes.

    as long as you are running the console.
    you must run each in a seperate dir (eg: c:\fah1 c:\fah2 etc) with the -local flag. you must also run each console with the -config flag, and under the 'advanced' options choose a different machine id. for each.

    so steps:

    1 - make new folder for each instance
    2 - make a copy of the client in each folder.
    3 - run each client with -config and -local and set each to a different machine id (1-4) in the advanced options
    4 add -advmethods -forceasm .. if cpu supports.

    all done :)
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    This is only a benifit if you are on dial up and can't watch the machines. It assures that they keep working. My dial up boxes each have two clients running (four when I go away on a business trip). My boxes with network access only run one.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited December 2003
    If he has a P4 with HT it is needed or have a dualie of some sort.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    This is only a benifit if you are on dial up and can't watch the machines.

    Marc's post above is correct. If you are running an Intel P4C CPU with hyperthreading enabled, you can nearly double your production by running two clients.
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