Project still alive?

[guru]

Hmm another project to own. lol Time to fire up the home super computer.

[guru]

We are 31 overall and about 16 for yesterday. I'm shooting for the top 10 overall. Anyone want to help with the push? The project is still young and we have a good shot rising quickly.

[S07197]

I am currently running OGR on 18 computers and will install a few more in a week or two.
I'm constantly on lookout for cheap components and computers to add to my farm.
I enjoy free electricity, but the space the cases take in my rather small apartment is a problem, as well as the noise and the 2kW of heat they generate.

That being said, I'm planning a "rack closet" which should house 50 or so computers (which is about the point when my fuses begin blowing ). So expect my contribution to increase little by little as my farm grows until I reach that goal, fry due to the heat or my landlord notices the electric bill!

Good to have you on the project guru!

-S

[S07197]

Oh, as for the duration of the project, d.net has estimated it will take about the same time as the previous OGR-27, which was five years.
While the OGR-28 is more complex project, the algorithm has been improved. ...So it should take around 5-6 years to complete with the predicted rate of work being done.

The first two stubspaces are almost complete now, and the project's speed (measured in stubs) will increase as the stubs in stubspace 3 are smaller (in nodes).
Therefore the estimate of completion of OGR-28 around year 2040 is a bit of an overkill at this moment.

-S

[guru]

s07197, great to have you on board. Free electricity does help a lot. Mine isn't free but it is the cheapest in the US close to free. If you want some help finding the most efficient systems for running in your limited space and cooling capacity let me know. Hopefully fall will kick in early so I can fire up the rest of the systems in my shop.

[S07197]

Thank you kindly for your offer on the system design.

I'm planning on using an ordinary cabinet, in which I'll have steel plate "trays" acting as bases for the components, double layered, a bit like this design model:
http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf/design/

I have the cabinet ready to be modified and for the cooling I have a 1200 m3/h extractor fan, which will suck the hot air from the cabinet and vent it out of the apartment. In addition I'm playing with the idea of using an arduino controlled thermostat to control and use the excess heat for the heating of the apartment (with the winters in Finland being kind of chilly...), but that's just an extra idea when I eventually finish the rack cabinet itself.

There are still some design issues to be tackled, primarily with the tray design. I want them to be height adjustable to accommodate as much hardware as possible in the limited space, as well as allow the maximum possible airflow to control the heat...
But all in just time, I'll get it done and maybe post some pictures of the final product!

Out of curiosity, what kind of system are you running yourself? You seem to be putting out pretty impressive numbers in OGR alone!
...And also out of curiosity, how much DO you generally pay for electricity in the US? I honestly have no idea...

-S

[guru]

Woot, another day and another jump. We are now 28 overall. I got top user for the day and we got top team for the day. Everyone have a beer to celebrate.

[S07197]

So, you finally passed me guru!
Congratz!

But what took you so long?
(Just kidding)

Keep on crunching awesomely and the team will be in top 10 in no time!

I'll add another 3 dualcores as soon as I manage to find HDs for them dirty cheap...

-S