what speed to they base the deadlines on?

[Jeremy]

how do they calculate the deadlines for projects? i'm trying to get my server to use FAH, but in the past i kept it on during the day and it never managed to complete a single job. now i keep it 24/7. also my desktop runs for a few hours and has no problems at all.

[porkchop]

there's no point running fah on a computer lesser than 800mhz... it will never finish in time...

[Mark]

Originally posted by porkchop
there's no point running fah on a computer lesser than 800mhz... it will never finish in time...

wrong, my p-3 500 does just fine :)

[Tawcan]

I believe it's based on a Celeron 500 MHz.

[thepieman]

On my PIII 550


Cafe-server
Protein p1024_FSnat_273_GS
Protein Core Gromacs
Credit 51.40
Deadline 18.00
Current Frame 68 of 100 (32 left )
Time Per Frame 44 mins, 2 sec
Time Left 23 hours, 29 mins
Client Version 4.00-Prerelease2
Core Version Version 1.53 (October 2, 2003) SSE Enabled
User Name Thepieman
Team Number Team 15
Est. PPD 16.81 (0.33 WUs)
Est. PPW 117.66 (2.29 WUs)
Uploaded Projects 19



Its just gonna be VERY slow...4400 mins for a big project. It will finish before the deadline tho. I run mine 24/7 tho

[rickoic]

Stanford uses a Celeron 500MHz pc to find out how long it takes to crunch a work unit.

But then they add some time to that because the believe that the average person uses his pc 8 hours a day.

So really a 200MHz pc should be able to crunch a work unit in time to make the deadline if it crunches 24/7.

Rick

[Jeremy]

well hopefully i don't waste time. i'll let it run and see what happens.

[Chris]

I still have a 500 celly folding, slow as molasses in winter, but it does get them done and turned in, runs 24/7.
Most WU's it takes about 1.5 hours to complete 1 frame, turns in about 2 work units a week.

[porkchop]

Originally posted by Mark
wrong, my p-3 500 does just fine :)
darn it... maybe i should get the pIII 450 folding again...

[Prey521]

I don't install folding on anything less than a P3 800.