Whats the average computing power

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Hi all!

Im doing a bit of publicity work for E@H and i'd like to give people who are not einstein jocks an idea of how powerful the concept of distributed computing can be.

Can one of you official fellas give me a rough estimate of how many TFLOPS E@H is delivering at present on average?

Thanks in advance, Festus

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Whats the average computing power

Second column from the right, the lower number.

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/server_status.php

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Well, I'm a silly Pratt.

Well, I'm a silly Pratt. Should have thought of that myself..

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That really is plenty

That really is plenty fast.
If E@H were a supercomputer, it would be at 4th place on the top 500 supercomputers list!

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RE: That really is plenty

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That really is plenty fast.
If E@H were a supercomputer, it would be at 4th place on the top 500 supercomputers list!


And that's true life computing power. Those "top ..." computers probably never use their full potential. Just like most home computers that people just use to surf, e-mail, etc. Our computers work, as a team, to solve a problem, find a solution, etc.

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RE: If E@H were a

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If E@H were a supercomputer, it would be at 4th place on the top 500 supercomputers list!


Actually E@H would be higher in the rankings, because the number on the server status page is averaged over 24/7 of a week, whereas what's listed in the Top500 is rather peak performance. I've not digged the DB for potential peak performance for a long time, it should be something between 50 and 100 % more.

On the other hand, the fact that we are using volunteers computers and don't have any control about the client machines forces us to make redundant calculations, so the results we get on Einstein@Home could (theoretically) be achieved with a supercomputer with half the power.

Again, on the other hand, Einstein@Home costs only a fraction of a Supercomputer (and is much more fun, too).

BM

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Is it really cheaper in

Is it really cheaper in absolute terms, or only in that you're not paying the elctricity bills for 99% of boxes running the client? This gets really tricky to answer since a large fraction of the work is being done on boxes that would be on for other reasons, and while putting a dollar value on a machine that would be turned off otherwise is easy, getting the cost of a machine running at 100% instead of idle is more complex.

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RE: Is it really cheaper in

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Is it really cheaper in absolute terms, or only in that you're not paying the elctricity bills for 99% of boxes running the client? This gets really tricky to answer since a large fraction of the work is being done on boxes that would be on for other reasons, and while putting a dollar value on a machine that would be turned off otherwise is easy, getting the cost of a machine running at 100% instead of idle is more complex.

...and the cpus will produce more heat (and the system will therefore consume more power) when running on Einstein instead of being idle...

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Lovely Discussion,

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Lovely Discussion, People!

Thanks for all your feedback!

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RE: Actually E@H would be

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Actually E@H would be higher in the rankings, because the number on the server status page is averaged over 24/7 of a week, whereas what's listed in the Top500 is rather peak performance. I've not digged the DB for potential peak performance for a long time, it should be something between 50 and 100 % more.

On the other hand, the fact that we are using volunteers computers and don't have any control about the client machines forces us to make redundant calculations, so the results we get on Einstein@Home could (theoretically) be achieved with a supercomputer with half the power.

Again, on the other hand, Einstein@Home costs only a fraction of a Supercomputer (and is much more fun, too).

BM

LOL, yep the tens of millons of dollars it takes to play in that sandbox can be a real show stopper for most projects. :-D

I guess it's a good thing BOINC's a lot of fun. ;-)

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Not only fun, you can also

Not only fun, you can also learn loads doing BOINC if you have a look at the software and technology that is used and chat with staff members and other participants. Well, an IT student like me certainly can ;-)

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