gpdnet
03-28-2002, 03:49 PM
This looks like a worthwile project. But....
I can compute 5000 structures in about 30-40 minutes on each of my 10 machines at work. We have a firewall internet connection with a dial on demand ISDN line. This means that the ISDN line is dialling every 3-4 minutes to upload data to the server!!! Phone bills through the roof.
If I buffer the data I accumulate 60 MBytes PER DAY of data on the system. If is is left over the weekend I get about 150 MB of data to upload to the server on a Monday morning. NO WAY...
I would really like to put all that computing power to good use. I
have tried other projects (apart from SETI) but many have problems with firewall connections or other problems.
I don't think anyone has done the sums on how much data these
clients have to upload, even in a day. My machines are around 1.4GHz Athlon machines which is fairly run of the mill these days.
Any suggestions before I have to give up???
I can compute 5000 structures in about 30-40 minutes on each of my 10 machines at work. We have a firewall internet connection with a dial on demand ISDN line. This means that the ISDN line is dialling every 3-4 minutes to upload data to the server!!! Phone bills through the roof.
If I buffer the data I accumulate 60 MBytes PER DAY of data on the system. If is is left over the weekend I get about 150 MB of data to upload to the server on a Monday morning. NO WAY...
I would really like to put all that computing power to good use. I
have tried other projects (apart from SETI) but many have problems with firewall connections or other problems.
I don't think anyone has done the sums on how much data these
clients have to upload, even in a day. My machines are around 1.4GHz Athlon machines which is fairly run of the mill these days.
Any suggestions before I have to give up???