Best OS for Seti [Archive]

Alpha_7

01-05-2002, 07:38 AM

A long time ago, I was witness to a debate on the best/preferred OS for seti. I was wondering what your opinions were ?

I remember someone saying that Linux s$%ted over everything thing else, but not having a linux box to test it on, I dont know.

and well how does XP rate ?? I dont want to touch that OS.. not now or for a long long time, so I have no seti experience with it.

Cheers,

Alpha_7

Berg.the.Red

01-05-2002, 08:20 AM

quick and easy answer - the current running debate(s) seem to point to WinNTv4 Command Line Client ruling all. including running under Linux and Wine for that matter. i have seen some posting about things slowing down under XP ( all the more reason NOT to have Micro$erfs' new licensing scheme on your computer ... ).

Alpha_7

01-05-2002, 09:04 AM

So are we talking a large performance increase ?
as in should i start converting seti machines over?

hmmm...
:rolleyes:

Berg.the.Red

01-05-2002, 10:15 AM

well ... not to be "pimping" other forums ;), but these threads have a lot more info and a lot more informed contributors than myself ...

Best OS for SETI@Home (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=122097561&m=7250989633)

and the latest from the SETI/XP front ...

SETI & WinXP (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=122097561&m=2860936243)

Alpha_7

01-05-2002, 06:08 PM

Thanks.

/Alpha's mind boggles... so many people... so many theories..

Very interesting :)

Berg.the.Red

01-05-2002, 06:22 PM

... see why i left it at the short answer ?? ... ;)

Alpha_7

01-05-2002, 06:27 PM

Hahaha... yeah and after all that..
they still couldn't decide for sure which was better.

Mincer

01-06-2002, 10:57 AM

There is a guy at TPR that has done a lot of testing on his SETI Farm and his conclusions are that the fastest setup is the winnt.exe client running on Linux via WINE is the fastest by about 5%. He is currently working on a setup for booting this arrangement diskless from a network.

Alpha_7

01-06-2002, 09:25 PM

Hey Mincer...

hows ya team going ??

Maybe your guy should check out the Networking forum here..
they have been discussing setting up diskless machines...

maybe he can contribute/learn some..

l8r
Alpha

mr_mann

01-06-2002, 09:54 PM

mincer move your team to Free-DC :D
it will help yourself and your team :D