I'm getting a Pi3 to crunch E@H. There is a lot of good information in this MB but it can be a little hard to follow. It sounds like Ubuntu Mate will allow me to run the GW and GRP applications. Is that correct? It also sounds like heat sinks and/or a fan are a must have running applications on every core.
I've been running a Pi2 crunching E@H for 2 years. The thing is rock solid and I may have accessed it twice in those 2 years. Consequently my knowledge is out of date.
As far as I know a GW app for the Pi is in testing but not released.
The difference between Ubuntu Mate and Raspian is bundled apps, install process and setup and interface or GUI. What runs on one should run on the other, all dependencies being meet. Mate is a nice desktop, but more people run Raspian so more help and info is avilable right now. Raspian has a lighter and a little faster GUI than Mate. A matter of taste and preference mostly.
All I've read and experienced Pi 3 requires active cooling, heatsink and fan for full load.
I myself have two accounts - one for my Intel contribution and one for my PIs (this account is my Pi account).
For those who are finding the cert issue, don't forget to HOLD the current certs using apt-mark hold ca-certificates!
I think it would also be awesome to get more folks to join the team - it would be even cooler to have ONLY Pi results. There is an ARM team, but it has plenty of non-arm results.
I have a YouTube channel as well and it has been on my list for 6 months to make a video explaining how to do E@H in stacks of Pis (since they technically aren't clusters).
To create a new account and move the Pis to it do I need to abort, or finish all tasks first? Reinstall Boinc? I tried to create a new account from the front page link and I got this:
Unreliable electricity company. Had another power outage today. Both my Pi 2B's would not start up again. Seem to have some SD corruption.
Wondering if I should be looking to have E@H use a ram file system.
I have four threads on the go and disk usage is reported as 9.49MB so seems feasible.
How do I redirect E@H to put its working files in a ram filing system?
Unreliable electricity company. Had another power outage today. Both my Pi 2B's would not start up again. Seem to have some SD corruption.
Wondering if I should be looking to have E@H use a ram file system.
I have four threads on the go and disk usage is reported as 9.49MB so seems feasible.
How do I redirect E@H to put its working files in a ram filing system?
I currently have one Pi3 booting off of the microSD and the /root file system is on a USB mSATA drive. Therefore most reads/write occur on the mSATA drive. You can use a USB drive if you wish. The above instructions were written for a USB on Rasparian but I am currently running with Ubuntu Mate. It is fairly direct so it should be easy to translate the procedure to your situation.
All I did was go to the projects tab in Boinc and remove the existing Einstein project. I then added a new project and it brought me to the original intro prompt where I just registered as a new user, this one being under a different account so that it will be Pi Specific. Can't wait to see how much these Pis rack up in the group!
On another note, I slapped on a couple of little heat sinks to my Pi 3 that came in the mail this afternoon (so tiny!). It appears to be running noticeably cooler with them on. I've had just a room fan pointed at the Pi when running Einstein. Prior to the heat sink (with the fan), Pi 3 was running at about 54 deg C. Now with the heat sinks it's down to around 47 deg. All these temp readings are with BOINC/Einstein running fully at 100%. I'll wait and see if this has any effect on project run times.
There is definitely no "only-one-account-per-person" policy, so feel free to create PI-accounts. If there were several teams there could be an "ARMs race" challenge on E@H ;-) .
I believe the larger copper heatsinks are made by a company Enzotech based in California and the SoC heatsink is in fact intended for graphics cards. Its known as a BMR-C1 (14x14x14mm) with the fins/pins arranged in a 5x5 grid. They offer a multipack of 8.
I believe the larger copper heatsinks are made by a company Enzotech based in California and the SoC heatsink is in fact intended for graphics cards. Its known as a BMR-C1 (14x14x14mm) with the fins/pins arranged in a 5x5 grid. They offer a multipack of 8.
This website lists newegg as a seller as noted earlier in poppageek's earlier post. Unfortunately newegg is now out of stock.
[EDIT] I just ordered a set from sidewinder. My 4 Pi3s in the PiVE are running around 59C and a Pi3 in a long tunnel with mSATA disk is running around 63C. All are crunching 4 concurrent WUs and are in the same room with an ambient temp of ~79. Its only going to get hotter so I am thinking that I will also need to employ heat syncs. It certainly can't hurt. Interestingly enough a Pi2 in a tunnel crunching 4 concurrent jobs in the same ambient temp is ~40C (no heat syncs either).
RE: Quick Start
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As far as I know a GW app for the Pi is in testing but not released.
The difference between Ubuntu Mate and Raspian is bundled apps, install process and setup and interface or GUI. What runs on one should run on the other, all dependencies being meet. Mate is a nice desktop, but more people run Raspian so more help and info is avilable right now. Raspian has a lighter and a little faster GUI than Mate. A matter of taste and preference mostly.
All I've read and experienced Pi 3 requires active cooling, heatsink and fan for full load.
Pi 3 results so far: Run
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Pi 3 results so far:
Run Time -- CPU TIme
41,411.93 -- 41,205.32
41,456.78 -- 41,245.16
38,312.38 -- 38,120.53
41,431.32 -- 41,211.71
So pretty much in line with yours.
@ Adam I miss-spoke, I meant if there was no problem with having 2 accounts. I am not aware of any rules not allowing it. I too like the Pi team idea.
Cheers!
I myself have two accounts -
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I myself have two accounts - one for my Intel contribution and one for my PIs (this account is my Pi account).
For those who are finding the cert issue, don't forget to HOLD the current certs using
apt-mark hold ca-certificates!I think it would also be awesome to get more folks to join the team - it would be even cooler to have ONLY Pi results. There is an ARM team, but it has plenty of non-arm results.
I have a YouTube channel as well and it has been on my list for 6 months to make a video explaining how to do E@H in stacks of Pis (since they technically aren't clusters).
My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/KF7IJZ
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KF7IJZ
I like Pi stack or stack of
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I like Pi stack or stack of Pis.
To create a new account and move the Pis to it do I need to abort, or finish all tasks first? Reinstall Boinc? I tried to create a new account from the front page link and I got this:
Unreliable electricity
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Unreliable electricity company. Had another power outage today. Both my Pi 2B's would not start up again. Seem to have some SD corruption.
Wondering if I should be looking to have E@H use a ram file system.
I have four threads on the go and disk usage is reported as 9.49MB so seems feasible.
How do I redirect E@H to put its working files in a ram filing system?
RE: Unreliable electricity
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This might interest you.
I currently have one Pi3 booting off of the microSD and the /root file system is on a USB mSATA drive. Therefore most reads/write occur on the mSATA drive. You can use a USB drive if you wish. The above instructions were written for a USB on Rasparian but I am currently running with Ubuntu Mate. It is fairly direct so it should be easy to translate the procedure to your situation.
Poppagek, All I did was go
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Poppagek,
All I did was go to the projects tab in Boinc and remove the existing Einstein project. I then added a new project and it brought me to the original intro prompt where I just registered as a new user, this one being under a different account so that it will be Pi Specific. Can't wait to see how much these Pis rack up in the group!
On another note, I slapped on a couple of little heat sinks to my Pi 3 that came in the mail this afternoon (so tiny!). It appears to be running noticeably cooler with them on. I've had just a room fan pointed at the Pi when running Einstein. Prior to the heat sink (with the fan), Pi 3 was running at about 54 deg C. Now with the heat sinks it's down to around 47 deg. All these temp readings are with BOINC/Einstein running fully at 100%. I'll wait and see if this has any effect on project run times.
Hi! There is definitely no
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Hi!
There is definitely no "only-one-account-per-person" policy, so feel free to create PI-accounts. If there were several teams there could be an "ARMs race" challenge on E@H ;-) .
Re: Copper heatsinks I
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Re: Copper heatsinks
I believe the larger copper heatsinks are made by a company Enzotech based in California and the SoC heatsink is in fact intended for graphics cards. Its known as a BMR-C1 (14x14x14mm) with the fins/pins arranged in a 5x5 grid. They offer a multipack of 8.
BMR-C1
BOINC blog
RE: Re: Copper heatsinks I
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This website lists newegg as a seller as noted earlier in poppageek's earlier post. Unfortunately newegg is now out of stock.
[EDIT] I just ordered a set from sidewinder. My 4 Pi3s in the PiVE are running around 59C and a Pi3 in a long tunnel with mSATA disk is running around 63C. All are crunching 4 concurrent WUs and are in the same room with an ambient temp of ~79. Its only going to get hotter so I am thinking that I will also need to employ heat syncs. It certainly can't hurt. Interestingly enough a Pi2 in a tunnel crunching 4 concurrent jobs in the same ambient temp is ~40C (no heat syncs either).