I will be setting up the test computers this weekend. I need to know what 4 OS the team feels will be most useful. Linux 32/64 and a Windows 32/64. I have licenses for just about every Windows so that’s not an issue.
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I will be setting up the test computers this weekend. I need to know what 4 OS the team feels will be most useful. Linux 32/64 and a Windows 32/64. I have licenses for just about every Windows so that’s not an issue.
This BOINCstats page should answer your question SETI.USA Host Operating System breakdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dandasarge
No that dosn't tell me anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
It depends on what you are wanting to crunch. I would say 64-bit OS clearly, but whether you go Linux or Windows depends on the projects.
Dr. Pop put my words into english please :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell
What projects are you going to be running on it? That will lead to the answer...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dandasarge
all of them
In that your best bet is probably Windows, 64 bit (Probably Win7). There are more projects without Linux apps than there are without Windows apps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dandasarge
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Originally Posted by Fire$torm
Well, actually it does. It tells you what OS's the team as a whole is using. It tells you which OS's and to some extent which group of procs are getting the most credits overall. It also has a companion page listing the teams active CPUs types, RAC, Avg. and total credit. If you really analyze the info that page displays it says a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dandasarge
No it doesn’t, And the confusion is my fault I’m sure, I have 2 boxes one is a Intel and one is an Amd running like motherboards and like memory like hard drives not like power supplies though didn’t see the need. I’m going to run 4 OS on each system so we can determine 100% what projects run best on which platform. But I need to know what is most relevant, I’m sure Windows XP is the most used 32bit but I have no idea what would be the 64 bit, My guess would be 7 because not a lot of people used vista 64 b but its just as available. Linux is a platform the amount of people using a “true Linux” has got to be 2-3 people at most. My guess is some kind of Ubuntu base but I’m not going to guess and waste a lot of work and time. Someone might be running 100 computers on Red Hat. I don’t know these things.
Granted that page doesn't distinguish between x86 and x64 but it does answer some questions. Also this Softpedia article might help to shed some light.
The 4 most used OS's
1) Windows XP - 25,000+ units
2) Windows Vista - 5,557 units
3) Windows 7 - 4,153 units
4) Linux - 2,766 units (List of The 10 Most Popular Linux Distributions)
Here is my list of Os's I currently use.
1x Windows 7 - Home Premium x64 (Core i7-920)
1x Windows XP x64 (Phenom II 820)
2x Windows XP Pro x86 (P4@2.8Ghhz-Northwood / P4@3.2Ghz-Prescott)
1x Windows 2000 Pro (P4@2.8Ghz-Prescott)
2x Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x86 (2x Pentium M@1.7Ghz)
I wish I had more team related info for you.
Ok So for windows I'm looking at
XP x32 I will use XP Pro as i'm sure thats the most common
7 x64 home or pro? dose anyone think it will matter? I would think home would be the most common.
I need some feedback on Linux.
I do not think it would make much of a difference between 64 bit Win7 Home or Pro. Pro has Bitlocker and few other things related to media and such. For crunching they are the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dandasarge
For Linux, well..... IIRC Gentoo has to be complied from source to use. I think most Corps use RedHat or Cent OS (which is RedHat stripped of all brand labeling) and maybe SUSE. Ubuntu is the easiest for beginners to setup and use. Ubuntu also has the largest selection of online help.
Well, I'm sure Crunch3r would say "Anything but Ubuntu"
Personally, 90% of my crunching is using Ubuntu x64 Desktop distro. (Windows just refuses to be happy about swapping a drive around between 15 different models of servers. I've never had a problem with Ubuntu going from an Intel system to an AMD system and back. And even with the HD Controller changing many times.) Anywhere from 9.10, 10.04, 10.04.1, 10.04.2 and 10.10. I'm slowly phasing out the 9.10 though, seeing as they've stopped support for it for many updates. Once I have everything updated, I normally disable the gdm and also have to be careful that cpufreq is set for "Performance" profile.
I would suggest Gentoo as well, but that one is going to be much more difficult to measure. Every install has the opportunity for tweaks that are going to change performance based on all the hardware involved.
Other than that, my Windows fleet are a wild collection as well.
XP, XP x64, Win7 x64, Win 2K3, Win 2K8 R2 (x64)