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LanDroid
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 Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:03 pm Post subject: Project Of The Month - January '10 => NFS@Home |
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| Quote: | NFS@Home is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do the lattice sieving step in the Number Field Sieve factorization of large integers. As a young school student, you gained your first experience at breaking an integer into prime factors, such as 15 = 3 * 5 or 35 = 5 * 7. NFS@Home is a continuation of that experience, only with integers that are hundreds of digits long.
http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/
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I'd say this is good timing - NFS was added to the DC Vault list 12/12/09.
Initial stats:
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8,380 RAC
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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*Insert evil laugh here*
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hopefully a Knight will find a very important number through this project.
Ni
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a VIN?
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Killerrabbit wrote: | Hopefully a Knight will find a very important number through this project.
Ni |
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A Shrubbery
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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I upped my quad to 6 gigs before tackling this. Of course I had to take two gigs out for blue screens but it seems to be running pretty well with the 4 until the RMA returns to me.
On a side note, I have a P-III running this and it does amazingly well. I was really surprised.
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I think I will try to put 7 on my main rig this weekend... I have lots of ddr2 800 laying around.
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| John Galt 007 wrote: | | I am going to be hamstrung until I can get some more RAM in my machines...The only one that is running full is my i7 at work, since it has 6GB of RAM, and my other quads have only 2GB each...going to have to see if the pocketbook has enough to upgrade at least a few of them this week.... |
So my position is save for the day, maybe
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| mohrorless wrote: | | John Galt 007 wrote: | | I am going to be hamstrung until I can get some more RAM in my machines...The only one that is running full is my i7 at work, since it has 6GB of RAM, and my other quads have only 2GB each...going to have to see if the pocketbook has enough to upgrade at least a few of them this week.... |
So my position is save for the day, maybe |
1/1/10, 16:48. Just passed you.
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And neither of you will be able to take my position from me, although Yankton did manage to do that earlier today.
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Sheesh, we've already passed two teams, now in 16th place! Production accelerating quickly - 9K two days ago, 31K yesterday, already at 91K for today.
Milestones:
The Knights Who Say Ni! passes 600,000
ohiomike passes 70,000
John passed 70,000
John Galt 007 passes 40,000
Sir Stooper passes 40,000
Adam Alexander passes 10,000
Sir Papa Smurph passes 9,000
KWSN - A Shrubbery passes 3,000
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Sir Papa Smurph
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Umm,... I may have a problem with this project...
It seems that just having 2-4 gigs is not enough...
my best machine (940 Deneb, 4gig 1066 ddr2, win xp pro 32 bit) will not run 4 of these at a time... 2 just sit there "waiting for memory".
I upped my page file to 10 Gig but Nuttin'......
S'up with that? 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Go into the project preferences and un-check the lasievee application under "run only the selected applications". This is the one that uses 500mb of memory per instance. It can push a multi-core over the edge.
Anyway, without that application, you can still do the 15xxxx WUs and you won't see the memory hit.
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ed & ee are checked and ef is unchecked.
It says that work is rarely available for ed...
cpu is running at 77-78% but the box is not laggy so I guess that my cpu's will get a break this month...
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Sir Papa Smurph
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I am going to buy a new HD tomorrow and put Win 7 on my main box.
That will make that machine 64 bit and should make it run better. It already has 4 Gig memory but 32 bit Xp Pro apparently can't use it.
This should be better....
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:02 am Post subject: |
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It appears we are already having an effect on NFS:
| Quote: | 1/2/2010 12:59:28 AM NFS@Home Message from server: No work sent
1/2/2010 12:59:28 AM NFS@Home Message from server: No work is available for 14e Lattice Sieve
1/2/2010 12:59:28 AM NFS@Home Message from server: No work is available for 15e Lattice Sieve
1/2/2010 12:59:28 AM NFS@Home Message from server: (reached limit of 100 tasks in progress)
1/2/2010 12:59:28 AM NFS@Home Message from server: (Project has no jobs available)
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, passed two more teams, now 14th place. Production 123K yesterday...
98K work units ready to send...
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Jeez. I already fell to 5th. I was hoping to hold my place until Monday. Damn. *Whips the mice harder*
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