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We hebben misschien weer een update waar we wat aan hebben:

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snikkel :: 07-Mar-2006 19:57 GMT (Tuesday) ::

We are pleased to announce a pre-release client for Mac OS X x86 is now
available!

Eager users interested in helping provide test coverage for this client can
download it from: http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.php Please
report any issues by filing a bug at: http://bugs.distributed.net/

So here is the distributed.net take on the Apple switch over performance. A Mac
Mini with a 1.42Ghz G4 benchmarks 15,049,781 Mkeys/s for RC5-72 and 32,176,334
Mnodes/s for OGR-P2. A Mac Mini with a 1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo benchmarks
9,057,090 Mkey/s for RC5-72 and 44,886,648 Mnodes/s for OGR-P2.

PPC x86 x86/PPC performance
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RC5-72 15,049,781 9,057,090 -39.8%
OGR-P2 32,176,334 44,886,648 +39.5%

(Comparing the fastest G4 processor shipped in a Mac Mini with both cores of
the fastest Intel Core processor in a Mac Mini)

The dual cores of the Intel Core Duo give it a substantial advantage over
the single G4 in OGR performance. However, the Intel chip is certainly no
match for the powerhouse G4 in RC5-72 performance. With some more
volunteer help we still might be able to further optimize the code for
Intel Core processors. As always we thank our volunteers for contributing
to the projects.

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De stats zijn weer online bij D.net

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fiddles :: 25-Sep-2006 11:52 CST (Monday) ::

Statsbox appears to be down again. More information when we know more.

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fiddles :: 28-Sep-2006 15:44 CST (Thursday) ::

It looks like statsbox has suffered another drive failure. Unfortunately, it's
looking like it will be a few days before anyone can go out and diagnose it.

We apologise for the downtime again. All work will be credited as soon as
statsbox is back online again.

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mikereed :: 24-Jan-2008 01:59 GMT (Thursday) ::

Several new client versions have been moved from the pre-release page
to the official release page.

*PC-DOS, MS-DOS [x86] v2.9015.504
*OS/2 [x86] v2.9015.504
*Linux [MIPS/ELF] v2.9015.504
*Linux [x86/ELF] v2.9015.504
*Linux [CellBE] v2.9015.505

Download links for all supported platforms can be found at
http://www1.distributed.net/download/clients.php

Moo! ]:8)

Nieuwe clients dus voor een paar OS'en, behalve Windows

[AlvaK]

Niet zo spannend dus.. Het laatste linuxblokje is weer 3 weken geleden.

[Bastiaan]

Niet zo spannend dus.. Het laatste linuxblokje is weer 3 weken geleden.

Lukt het al een beetje om je proxy weer in de lucht te krijgen??

[AlvaK]

Volgens mij heb je de stats niet meer gekeken.
proxyper draait op een andere pc, dus het draait weer. Alleen nog geen stats jammergenoeg.

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mikereed :: 04-Jul-2009 12:26 GMT (Saturday) ::

Dear friends,

Since work began on OGR-27 in late February, more than 2% of the total work necessary to prove OGR-27 is not optimal has been completed.

The first three stubspaces are nearing completion, and should be closed in a matter of days. During this time, we will be periodically recycling the remaining stubs from those three stubspaces, so it is important to avoid excessively fetching more work than you can complete in about a week.

We have just started distributing work from the fourth and final OGR-27 stubspace. It is also the largest stubspace representing the remaining 98%. The stubs in the final stubspace are more likely to vary greatly in size, compared to those in the earlier stubspaces; however we expect them to generally be smaller on average. If our estimation turns out to be proved correct, we should be able to complete the remaining stubs at a faster rate than for the previous stubspaces. As we are expecting that we will discover a better ruler for OGR-27 than the one we currently know to be optimal, we may not need to exhaust the entire stubspace before discovering it. However, after the probable discovery of a better ruler, it is possible that there remains an even better ruler or rulers yet to be uncovered.

In addition, thanks to some excellent work by Craig Johnston, client versions 2.9105-510 and above contain three new OGR cores. Depending on your CPU type, the new cores may provide a significant speed improvement over the cores used in previous client versions. These speed enhancements will shorten the time required to search the final stubspace. You are welcome to try a pre-release client containing these new cores, which you can download from http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.php. As always, please report bugs using our bug database available at http://bugs.distributed.net/.

So load up those CPUs with fresh OGR-27 work, while enjoying an improved noderate, and together we'll crunch through the final stubspace with fury!

Thanks again for your participation!

Moo ]:8)

Voor de mensen die het willen weten

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bovine :: 27-Oct-2009 20:29 GMT (Tuesday) ::

Our statsbox is temporarily down while we perform some minor hardware upgrades. We hope to bring it back online by tomorrow. Thanks for your patience!

:)

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bovine :: 29-Oct-2009 20:46 GMT (Thursday) ::

Our statsbox should be back online and the hardware upgrade is complete. No work was lost while it was offline, and it has fully caught up with the backlog.

For those who are interested in the details: It had a failing redundant power unit and the closest replacement I could find was a used power supply designed for a larger 4U case from the same manufacturer on eBay. Although I couldn't use the whole power supply, I believed I could use its newer revision power units if I swapped the power connectors and faceplates from the failed unit and jumpered an unnecessary switch connection. Fortunately this worked. I also took the opportunity replace to a failing case fan, re-seat all power and drive cables, do a burn in, and upgrade its FreeBSD from 6.2-PRE to 6.4-STABLE. Maybe we'll move to 7.2 sometime!

Thanks for your patience and continued support! ]:8)

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distributed.net blog updates in the last 24 hours:

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Mike Reed :: 9-Jul-2010 16:10 UTC (Friday) ::
http://blogs.distributed.net/2010/07/09/16/10/mikereed/


Today, we mark the passing of 500 days working on the OGR-27 project. By cosmic coincidence, it’s also Cow Appreciation Day today!


In other news, we have recently added new CUDA 3.1-cowpatible clients for Windows and Mac OS X to our pre-release page. Link


We thank you for your continued support.


Moo!
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