Like the title says.. here are some examples of 2 projects I know of
Milkyway@home: Can generate WUs designed for however many cores you sent boinc to allow, and they run very fast and can rack up credit. Unfortunately they don't let you configure their project very well, and you get single core CPU WUs mixed in.
MooWrapper: Can generate multi GPU WUs to use more than 1 GPU at a time for the WU
If anyone knows of any other "multi" resource projects like that, please let me know.
The only project that I know of was Aqua@Home but they shutdown after the blowback they incurred when DA's CreditNew infiltrated their server......Originally Posted by DAD
Climate prediction wrote their own in house credit system.. Can't projects hose to not adopt credit new?
Unfortunately in the near future that will no longer be possible. In earlier iterations of the server code DA included options for alternate credit schemes. He is currently in the process of removing any such option. Soon it will all be CreditNew and ONLY CreditNew.
But since ppl often compile the source for their particular OS, couldnt they could choose to rewrite the credit code? (unless he plans not to release the source and limit the platforms the server can run on)
Example, what would happen if I started a project with his new creditnew server, and just rewrote his code back to the old system?
Last edited by DAD; 10-26-11 at 03:53 AM.
No, the code is open source so you are correct. The thing is DA is in the process of eliminating the possibility of being able to add an alternate credit schema to the code by making other various essential elements of the code dependent on the CreditNew code.
Bottom line: In the near future if a project does not want to use CreditNew then they will have to do some serious rewrite of a good portion of the server code. Since many projects do not have the time/patience/skill to do that, CreditNew will be the de-facto standard.
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